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'Proof by intimidation': AI is confidently solving 'impossible' math problems. But can it convince the world's top mathematicians?

At a secret meeting in 2025, some of the world's leading mathematicians gathered to test OpenAI's newest large language model, o4-mini. Experts at the meeting were amazed by how much the model's ...
PCMag

Microsoft Says This Free App Can Fix Slow PCs in One Click. I Had to Try It

I installed Microsoft's free PC Manager tool to see if a single click could actually make a difference on a sluggish computer.

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Study Computer Science

It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about ...
Tech Xplore

AI system automates scientific software design, outperforming human-written code in key benchmarks

A research team at Google co-led by Michael Brenner, Catalyst Professor of Applied Mathematics and Physics at the Harvard ...
CNET

Free Ways to Recycle Your Old Laptop, PC and Printer This Spring

Most people don't throw away old electronics --they relocate them. The laptop goes from the desk to the closet, the closet to a storage bin, the bin to the garage, where it joins a growing collection ...

Microsoft will lean on your CPU to speed up Windows 11’s apps and animations

Microsoft has heard your complaints about Windows 11, and it wants to make things better. That has been the messaging out of Microsoft for most of this year, and the company is also going out of its ...
KLTV

‘Someone they can lean on’: Longview mentor program calls on bilingual community in plea for volunteers

Longview, Texas (KLTV) - A Longview mentorship program is calling on its bilingual community members to make a difference in the lives of East Texas children. The city’s Aspire Mentoring Program ...
Gizmodo

Best Antivirus Software That Won’t Slow Down Your Computer

Best Antivirus Best Antivirus Software That Won’t Slow Down Your Computer Discover the best antivirus programs for computers that keep you protected without slowing you down. Table of Contents Laptops ...
Chicago Tribune

Chicago, you’ve been programmed: Meet Julius Mondragon, TikTok’s Computer Guy

The Computer Guy of Chicago strikes when you least expect. Sitting in a coffeehouse. Reading your phone on the train. Working out. Waiting for food. Walking down the street. When the Computer Guy ...
Fierce Healthcare

SCAN launches program to lean on Medicare Advantage brokers as member health navigators

SCAN Health Plan is rolling out a new program that aims to train brokers to serve as better navigators in the member care journey. Through the Brokers as Health Navigators initiative, the insurer will ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why the Computer Scientist Behind the World’s First Chatbot Dedicated His Life to Publicizing the Threat Posed by A.I.

MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...
WDBJ

YMCA LEAN program teaching fitness & nutrition for healthy weight loss

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The YMCA of Virginia’s Blue Ridge is helping our hometowns jump-start physical activity and adopt healthier eating habits for a lifetime of wellness and weight loss. The Lifelong ...