This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was chopped down in Rensselaer County, New York. Statistically speaking, that’s unusual. While New York state is one of the 10 leading producers of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Facebook's vice president of product, Jagjit Chawla, talks about how the platform treats AI-generated content and how you can see less of it. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial ...

A hundred years ago, Maryland’s first state forester, Fred Besley, issued a challenge to residents: Go out in the woods and find the biggest tree you can. Then collect its measurements and send them ...

Researchers have used the jellyfish search algorithm to optimize solar PV distributed generation placement and sizing. They have tested the algorithm on an IEEE 33-bus system, with one, two, or three ...

Google announced a new multi-vector retrieval algorithm called MUVERA that speeds up retrieval and ranking, and improves accuracy. The algorithm can be used for search, recommender systems (like ...

Many homeowners wonder how to get grass to grow beneath a tree, where it often is bare or patchy. “It’s better for both the grass and the tree if you don’t try,” said Spencer Campbell, Plant Clinic ...

The SEO industry is undergoing a profound transformation in 2025. As large language models (LLMs) increasingly power search experiences, success now depends on withstanding traditional algorithm ...

A new trend in Silicon Valley, vibe coding, is driving an exponential acceleration in how quickly engineers can develop products and algorithms. This approach aligns with principles outlined by Google ...

Abstract: In Internet of Things (IoT) systems, the storage and retrieval of data are often provided by remote servers (e.g., the cloud) due to the constrained resources of devices. Private information ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...