Knowing when to hold 'em, and when to fold 'em is one of life's perpetual mysteries. If you have a mathematical inclination, or a bent for probabilities, this book might well catalyze a turning point ...

A rare 175 year-old book containing the world's first computer algorithm by Ada Lovelace – mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron – has been sold at auction in England for £95,000 (US$125,000). Only ...

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Three new books warn against turning into the person the algorithm thinks you are. Like a lot of Netflix subscribers, I find that my personal feed tends to be hit or miss. Usually more miss. The ...

To the horror of readers everywhere, computer scientists have developed an algorithm they say can predict the commercial viability of a book, with an 84 percent success rate, based solely on the style ...

One fine summer morning, you show up for a scheduled appointment for your regular checkup at the highly rated local health clinic. You walk in feeling fine. You raise your arm and say, “Doc, it hurts ...

A future author writing a history of human technology will take note of November 30, 2022. In a tweet thread that afternoon, @sama wrote, “today we launched ChatGPT ...