Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

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The US is balking at a European Union-led plan for Group of Seven nations to expand the use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, according to people familiar with the discussions. US officials ...

Russia will be able to deploy members of its active reserve to fight in Ukraine under new amendments backed by the Defense Ministry. The proposed changes comes as Russia continues to suffer massive ...

Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is urging his Republican colleagues to use the so-called “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster for spending bills in order to reopen the federal government. In ...

Each time a new technology emerges, we hear familiar warnings: It will eliminate jobs, undermine expertise, or destabilize society. Artificial intelligence is no exception. A recent Pew Research ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Anthropic is expanding its deal with Google to use as many as one million of the tech giant's artificial intelligence chips, worth tens of billions of dollars, as the startup races ...

This sheriff has a legitimate sh-t list! A Florida sheriff warned folks not to get on his official S.H.I.T. list — his Sheriff’s High Intensity Target list, that is — in a wild video where he tears ...