You Can Approximate Pi by Dropping Needles on the Floor

In this simulation, 66 of the 100 needles crossed a line (you can count ’em). Using this number, we get a value of pi at ...

Fluid simulation at unprecedented scale provides toolkit for fundamental physics and applied fluid engineering

What governs the speed at which raindrops fall, sediment settles in river estuaries, and matter is ejected during a supernova? These questions circle around one, deceitfully simple factor: the rate at ...
EURweb

R. Kelly in Solitary Confinement Over Retired Warden’s Phone Number

*R. Kelly is under investigation at his federal prison facility in Butner, North Carolina, after officials discovered he possessed the personal phone number of a retired warden, leading to his ...
People

R. Kelly Being Held in 'Isolation' While Being Investigated for Possessing Retired Prison Official’s Phone Number (Exclusive)

Kelly is being held in isolation for 'possession of a phone number of a retired prison official,' according to his attorney, Beau Brindley Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ...
CNET

Using AI at Work May Actually Make Your Days Longer and More Unpleasant, Study Finds

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...
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Random hacks you should know to solve any problem at home

These 11 cities could see heavy snow or severe thunderstorms this weekend 5 places you should never grow tomatoes—if you want a big harvest Never show up to a restaurant at this time, chefs say—here’s ...
The New York Times

Why Building Alone Won’t Solve the Housing Crisis

An imbalance in the kind of housing getting built and rising insurance costs are impeding housing progress, according to two new reports. By Ronda Kaysen The United States has not built enough housing ...
New Scientist

Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...
TechCrunch

AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems

Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new model when he made an unexpected discovery. After ...
Wall Street Journal

America’s Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem—Too Many Data Centers

America’s AI boom is pushing the nation’s largest power-grid operator to the brink of a supply crisis. Sixty-seven million people in a 13-state region stretching from New Jersey to Kentucky get their ...
CNN

The Fed admits it can’t easily fix an economic problem it helped create

The Federal Reserve’s policy decisions in recent years have contributed to a worsening of economic inequality in America, and some of the central bank’s policymakers say it’s not a problem they can ...