Carina Hong, 24, raised $64 million to build an AI mathematician that discovers new theorems and solves century-old problems.

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Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

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The Random Hardware Addresses feature is a great way to ensure that your computer is secure and that no one can track your movement. In this post, we will learn how to turn on Random Hardware ...

You sit back, hit spin, and watch the reels roll. There’s excitement, suspense, maybe even a little superstition. But behind every spin in real cash slots, there’s cold, hard math. Behind the curtain ...

A team from the Institute for Advanced Study, Emory University in the US, and the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, has developed a new mathematical framework to understand how humans store ...

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