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AlphaFold rewired science, and 5 years later it’s still evolving

AlphaFold arrived as a technical moonshot that suddenly made protein structures feel like software rather than secrets of ...
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 ...
IEEE

Automated Metaheuristic Algorithm Design With Autoregressive Learning

Automated design of metaheuristic algorithms offers an attractive avenue to reduce human effort and gain enhanced performance beyond human intuition. Current automated methods design algorithms within ...
TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...
SciTech Daily

New Algorithm Lets Architects Design Stunning Curved Structures in Minutes

Thanks to computer numerical control (CNC) fabrication technologies, the method may also be applied to design-laminated timber gridshells. Credit: ©2025 Masaaki Miki and Toby Mitchell CC-BY-ND A new ...
NPR

2 Senators want to hold big tech accountable for harms caused by algorithms

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...
Scientific American

The Math Trick Hidden in Your Credit Card Number

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...
Time

How the Secret Algorithms Behind Social Media Actually Work

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...
Reuters

Baker Hughes nears $13.6 billion deal to buy Chart, edging out Flowserve, FT reports

July 29 (Reuters) - Oil and gas equipment supplier Baker Hughes (BKR.O), opens new tab is nearing a $13.6 billion cash deal to buy Chart Industries (GTLS.N), opens new tab, edging out rival suitor ...
EDN

From system design to SiP: What’s the design flow

Like any successful system-on-chip (SoC) effort, a multi-die system-in-package (SiP) project must start with a sound system design. But then what? Are the steps in the SiP design flow different from ...
VentureBeat

Meet AlphaEvolve, the Google AI that writes its own code—and just saved millions in computing costs

Google DeepMind today pulled the curtain back on AlphaEvolve, an artificial-intelligence agent that can invent brand-new computer algorithms — then put them straight to work inside the company's vast ...
Task & Purpose

Good luck figuring out the Air Force’s algorithm for shaving waivers

The Department of the Air Force’s process for determining if airmen and Space Force guardians should receive medical waivers for shaving is about as indecipherable as the infamous flow chart about ...