Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises ...
Total Retail

How I Combined GPT With Classical Optimization to Make Retail AI 85% Faster

In large retail operations, category management teams spend significant time deciding which product goes onto which shelf and ...
Computer Weekly

How AI code generation is pushing DevSecOps to machine speed

The growing use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools for coding is transforming software engineering practices, with developers now building continuous integration and continuous ...
KPBS

San Diego prepares to lower speed limits on more than 20% of roadway network

San Diego is preparing to lower speed limits on more than 20% of the city's roadway network. KPBS metro reporter Andrew Bowen says traffic safety advocates are applauding the changes. A San Diego City ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...
InfoWorld

AI use may speed code generation, but developers’ skills suffer

As companies move to more AI code writing, humans may not have the necessary skills to validate and debug the AI-written code if their skill formation was inhibited by using AI in the first place, ...
GeekWire

Code.org lays off 18 employees ‘to ensure long-term sustainability’ at education nonprofit

Seattle-based Code.org laid off 18 employees, or about 14% of its staff, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire on Wednesday. Following the cuts, Code.org’s staff now numbers 107. “Code.org has made the ...
IEEE

FPGA-Based High-Speed Gray-Code Phase-Shift Profilometry System

Abstract: Phase-Shifting Profilometry (PSP) traditionally relies on multi-frequency phase unwrapping, which requires a large number of projection patterns and limits its applicability in high-speed ...
NPR

Spain begins 3 days of mourning for train wreck while death toll ticks up to 41

ADAMUZ, Spain — Spain woke to flags at half staff on Tuesday as the nation began three days of mourning for the victims of the deadly train accident in the country's south, while emergency crews ...
Geeky Gadgets

Claude Code Gets a 10x Speed Boost with New Tool Search

What if you could make your workflows not just faster, but ten times faster? Better Stack outlines how Claude Code’s latest update has transformed Model-Connected Plugin (MCP) functionality, ...
Hypebeast

Elon Musk Says X Algorithm Will Go Open Source

Elon Musk says social platform X will open-source a new recommendation algorithm within seven days, exposing all code behind organic and ad post suggestions and updating it every four weeks with ...