A.I. Tools All Use the Same Sparkly Icon. That’s a Surprisingly Big Problem.

“Not every experience should be pleasurable. Sometimes we need friction, safety warnings,” Turner said. Those disclosures ...

What Microsoft engineer's original original post said

No, Microsoft is not rewriting Windows in Rust. The clarification comes after a LinkedIn post by a Microsoft Distinguished ...
Tech Xplore

One pull of a string is all it takes to deploy these complex structures

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...
The Verge

Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm

With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly, exactly the way you want it.’ With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly ...
GitHub

Visualize pixel maps or mazes, and test Dijkstra/A* algorithms to find the shortest path between two points on the map. This project is part of a biannual report for Paris ...

This project is an exercise that forms part of the semester report in the Advanced Algorithms course. It introduces the basics of graphs and shortest path search algorithms for weighted graph, which ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Insurer use of algorithms cuts SNF length of stay by 13%

Medicare Advantage plans’ increasing use of predictive algorithms to assist in “high-stakes” decisions is leading to substantial and immediate cuts to nursing home lengths of stay, a new study ...
Comicbook.com

Every Lightsaber Color in Star Wars (& the Characters That Use Them), Ranked

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The two most important groups in Star Wars are the Jedi and the Sith. Opposite sides of the same ...
Rolling Stone

5 Seconds of Summer Keep Growing Up and Branching Out

The initial life spam of a multi-headed teen-idol entity tends to be brief, often dissolving in a morass of wounded egos and waning fanbases. Not so with the Aussie foursome 5 Seconds of Summer, who ...
Deadline.com

Lady Gaga Was “On Lithium” While Making ‘A Star Is Born’: “Lucky To Be Alive”

Seven years after breakout film role in Bradley Cooper‘s A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga recently recalled her challenging circumstances behind the scenes. The Oscar winner revealed she was taking ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program

The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular energy efficiency program. By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington Lee Zeldin, ...
Law

New York Restricts the Use of Algorithms in Setting Rents

In light of recent changes in the law and closely monitor developments in this area, New York landlords and software companies should review the design and deployment of any algorithms used in ...
Reuters

US lawmaker says licensing deal for TikTok algorithm would raise serious concerns

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The chair of the House Select Committee on China said Thursday that a licensing agreement for use of the TikTok algorithm, as part of a deal by China-based ByteDance to ...