Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...
IEEE

Performance Evaluation of Heuristic and Meta-Heuristic Algorithms on Large-Scale Travelling Salesman Problem Instances

Abstract: The Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a well known method for the optimisation problem that asks you to find the shortest route that visits each city in a set exactly once and then goes ...
The Motley Fool

Intel Is Still Making Too Many Unforced Errors. Can the Chip Giant Get Out of Its Own Way?

Intel stock fell double digits after its first-quarter guidance missed the mark. The company underestimated demand for its data center chips. Intel's fabs remain a liability, though investors see them ...
The New York Times

There’s a New American TikTok. What Does That Mean for You?

The popular short form video app has a new corporate structure in the United States, which could result in some changes for the 200 million Americans who use TikTok. By Emmett Lindner TikTok has new ...
CNN

The deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US has finally closed

The joint venture acquiring TikTok’s US assets has been formally established and has announced its leadership team, according to the company, one day before the deadline set by President Donald Trump ...
The Verge

Musk says he’s going to open-source the new X algorithm next week

He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. is the Verge’s weekend editor.
U.S. News & World Report

What Is So Special About TikTok's Algorithm?

BEIJING, Dec ‌20 (Reuters) - The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short ‌video platform TikTok has once again come under the spotlight after the app's Chinese owner ByteDance ...
Wired

How to Quickly Find Out What's Streaming on Multiple Services at Once

There's more to watch than ever before, but perhaps you still find yourself idly flicking through the “What's New” carousel on Netflix and not seeing anything that really grabs you … so then you do ...
Fast Company

AI’s butterfly effect: The danger of cascade failures

The flap of a butterfly’s wings in South America can famously lead to a tornado in the Caribbean. The so-called butterfly effect—or “sensitive dependence on initial conditions,” as it is more ...
Yahoo

Trump DOJ Plagued by ‘Unprecedented Errors’ — More Than 1 Out of 5 of Its D.C. Criminal Cases Are Getting Tossed

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donald Trump and Pam Bondi Photo by Annabelle Gordon/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images They say a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich, ...
Detroit Free Press

Detroit Lions playoff room for error is gone — win out or they're done

INGLEWOOD, CA — There is no more margin. Not now. They’ve got to win out. Another loss almost certainly ends their postseason bid. Hardly stunning considering where the Detroit Lions have been this ...