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Month: August 2025

Computers

Ultra-fast random numbers: New generator boosts security and speed

August 20, 2025 Tech Xplore

In computer security, random numbers are crucial values that must be unpredictable—such as secret keys or initialization vectors (IVs)—forming the foundation of security systems. To achieve this, deterministic random bit generators (DRBGs) are used, which […]

Math

The poetry of ancient math

August 20, 2025 Phys Org

Add zero and one to get one, one and one to get two, one and two to get three, two and three to get five. Most of us know this—that each successive number is the […]

Internet

White House starts TikTok account as platform in US legal limbo

August 20, 2025 Tech Xplore

The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the United States despite a law requiring its sale.This article was originally published […]

Math

Catching a ‘eureka’ before it strikes: New research spots the signs

August 18, 2025 Phys Org

They feel like lightning—sudden, brilliant and seemingly impossible to predict. But according to new research, those mind-flashing “aha” moments of insight may leave detectable traces before they strike.This article was originally published on this website.

Computers

Allie, an AI chess bot, learns to play like humans from 91 million Lichess games

August 17, 2025 Tech Xplore

Yiming Zhang didn’t grow up playing chess. Like many other people, the Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. student discovered the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit” during the pandemic and began playing online. However, he quickly realized […]

Internet

YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults

August 15, 2025 Tech Xplore

YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on the popular video-sharing platform amid pressure to protect minors from sensitive content.This article was originally published […]

Computers

Two-phase model incorporates interactions with air to facilitate realistic simulation of fluids

August 15, 2025 Tech Xplore

Storm surges or collapsing dams—authentic simulations of water flows are not only important for special effects in disaster movies, but could also help to protect coastal regions. For more realistic simulations of fluid motions, researchers […]

Computers

BEAST-GB model combines machine learning and behavioral science to predict people’s decisions

August 14, 2025 Tech Xplore

A key objective of behavioral science research is to better understand how people make decisions in situations where outcomes are unknown or uncertain, which entail a certain degree of risk.This article was originally published on […]

Math

The shape of the universe revealed through algebraic geometry

August 13, 2025 Phys Org

How can the behavior of elementary particles and the structure of the entire universe be described using the same mathematical concepts? This question is at the heart of recent work by the mathematicians Claudia Fevola […]

Computers

Time-lapse video made easy: The camera’s in your pocket

August 13, 2025 Tech Xplore

When you think of “time-lapse video,” what usually springs to mind is a camera fixed on a tripod taking image after image at predetermined intervals. But what if you could do the same thing by […]

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