A multiscale sampling strategy pushes a classic network-distance guarantee into territory previous algorithms struggled to reach. Credit: Shutterstock A new algorithm solves a blind spot that has ...

AI is continuing to make breakthroughs in math and computing. AI evaluation firm Vals AI says it set ten instances of Claude Opus 5.5 loose on one of computer science’s oldest problems, and came away ...

MIT researchers have developed a new technique that helps generative artificial intelligence models find solutions to high-stakes problems. In these settings, a plausible answer is not enough: The ...

TCP, the data transport protocol upon which pretty much the entire web and most of cloud computing is built, is ill-suited ...

Take the traveling salesman problem, which asks for the shortest route to visit a list of cities and return home. Checking every option creates a mathematical bottleneck that quickly spirals out of ...

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks. The Quanta Newsletter ...

Self-hosted optimization, monitoring (NMS), and security audit tool for UniFi Networks. Includes Wi-Fi Optimizer for wireless health scoring and channel optimization, advanced DNS/VLAN/firewall ...

RSA succeeded beyond what its creators could have imagined. But as we approach its 50th anniversary, we are also approaching ...

On the bulletin board 'Hacker News,' where engineers and entrepreneurs from around the world gather, technical news and readings from across the globe are ranked daily by votes. In this article, we ...

BU Virtual extends Boston University’s academic excellence to learners around the world. In close collaboration with faculty across BU’s schools and colleges, we design and deliver flexible online ...