It took a long time for zero to be recognised as a number at all, let alone one of the most powerful ones – but now it’s ...

The days of bringing sharpened pencils and brushing away eraser shavings during standardized tests are numbered. That's the case for New York students who take the annual state tests for grades 3-8 in ...

You can type a degree symbol with your keyboard using key combinations on a computer or numerical keyboard menus on a phone ...

Google has introduced a new AI model that takes computer interaction to the next level. Called the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model, it’s a specialized version of Gemini 2.5 Pro designed to let AI agents ...

The euphoria toward artificial intelligence is creating a strange kind of new math in the stock market: Plans for massive AI investments often lead to even larger increases in market value for the ...

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In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

He is readying to release his eighth album to his loyal fans - but many have started to question how it got its sweet and simple name. Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has released his album Play today, ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. On a quiet pandemic afternoon in 2021, Zhiyuan Wang, then a graduate student at Rice University, was alleviating his boredom by working ...