Sense of proportion for data volumes: Why "a lot" is not a size

We think of data volumes in adjectives, not numbers. This leads to architectures with phantom dimensions and blocks the ...
Opinion

Let’s not surrender to the wall of noise

A 2017 report by Toronto Public Health said a “growing body of evidence” shows that excessive noise can affect people’s hearing, cardiovascular fitness and mental health. About 60 per cent of Toronto ...
Indianapolis Business Journal

Health care summit uses IMS to draw together leaders from across sector

Leaders of the technology company Hc1 planned a small conference that used the appeal of the upcoming Indianapolis 500 to ...

Warsh takes the Fed’s helm with a policy dilemma already unfolding

Kevin Warsh, whose broad criticism of current U.S. Federal Reserve officials, playbook for rate cuts and ties to President ...
Nature

AI cracks 80-year-old mathematics challenge — researchers are astonished

An 80-year-old challenge in geometry has been cracked by mathematicians working for the tech firm Open AI using a single prompt from an AI chatbot. The company has not revealed all the precise details ...
PC World

Wi-Fi problems? Here’s how to diagnose your router issues

Whenever someone sends me a question about how to fix their Wi-Fi, I wince. It’s not that I dislike helping people with their router problems. In fact, there are few geeky endeavors I find more ...
Nature

Problem solving articles from across Nature Portfolio

Problem solving is the mental process of analyzing a situation, learning what options are available, and then choosing the alternative that will result in the desired outcome or some other selected ...