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Month: July 2025

Internet

Ad blockers may be showing users more problematic ads, study finds

July 9, 2025 Tech Xplore

Ad blockers, the digital shields that nearly one billion internet users deploy to protect themselves from intrusive advertising, may be inadvertently exposing their users to more problematic content, according to a new study from NYU […]

Math

I’m a statistics professor who became embroiled in the world of online chess drama

July 9, 2025 Phys Org

As a mild-mannered statistics professor, it’s not often that I get contacted directly by the CEO of a multi-million-dollar company, much less regarding allegations of cheating and malfeasance among world champions.This article was originally published […]

Internet

Musk’s AI company scrubs inappropriate posts after Grok chatbot makes antisemitic comments

July 9, 2025 Tech Xplore

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said Wednesday that it’s taking down “inappropriate posts” made by its Grok chatbot, which appeared to include antisemitic comments that praised Adolf Hitler.This article was originally published on this website.

Math

Hybrid model reveals people act less rationally in complex games, more predictably in simple ones

July 8, 2025 Phys Org

Throughout their everyday lives, humans are typically required to make a wide range of decisions, which can impact their well-being, health, social connections, and finances. Understanding the human decision-making processes is a key objective of […]

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Internet

Open-source engine enables high-performance data processing for Internet of Things devices

July 4, 2025 Tech Xplore

The Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD) announces the open-source release of NebulaStream, a next-generation stream processing engine built for the unique challenges faced in IoT environments.This article was originally published […]

Internet

Australians will soon need their age checked to log into online search tools—here’s why

July 3, 2025 Tech Xplore

By the end of this year, the experience of using search engines in Australia won’t be as simple as it has always been.This article was originally published on this website.

Math

Dentist may have solved 500-year-old mystery in da Vinci’s iconic Vitruvian Man

July 2, 2025 Phys Org

A London-based dentist may have cracked a centuries-old mathematics puzzle hidden in one of the most famous anatomical drawings in the world—Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. This discovery suggests the iconic image reflects the same […]

Math

Could electric brain stimulation lead to better math skills?

July 2, 2025 Phys Org

A painless, noninvasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and I found in a recent study. In a paper in PLOS Biology, we describe how this might be […]

Math

A geometric link: Convexity may bridge human and machine intelligence

July 2, 2025 Phys Org

In recent years, with the public availability of AI tools, more people have become aware of how closely the inner workings of artificial intelligence can resemble those of a human brain.This article was originally published […]

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Math

Brain stimulation can boost math learning in people with weaker neural connections

July 1, 2025 Phys Org

The strength of certain neural connections can predict how well someone can learn math, and mildly electrically stimulating these networks can boost learning, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by […]

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