Theoretical ideas have a real-life impact,” said Michael Oser Rabin in a 2009 interview, 1 and he spent nearly seven decades ...

Michael Oser Rabin has died at the age of 94. He was the only Turing Award recipient born in the German Reich.

Fermat's Little Theorem offers a surprisingly efficient path to identifying prime numbers, but elegance has its limits. The puzzle of pseudoprimes reveals how even beautiful mathematical patterns can ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Several years ago, nephrologists attempted a first-of-its-kind effort ...

I test a lot of coffee machines. Like, a lot of them. The Ratio Four is the small-batch brewer I use to try new kinds of coffee. Coffee is the original office biohack and the nation’s most popular ...

Grindr is testing a new AI subscription tier called "Edge." The pilot prices are steep, ranging from $80 to $200 a week. Other subscription price points being tested include monthly plans for $349.99 ...

If you’ve ever felt frustrated by Spotify‘s algorithm recommending songs that don’t match your taste, there’s some good news. The streaming giant is finally giving you a way to take control of its ...

With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly, exactly the way you want it.’ With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly ...

Threads is testing a new way for users to manipulate their own recommendation algorithm. The feature, aptly called "Dear algo," allows users to post a message to the algorithm with the note "dear algo ...

YouTube is testing a new experimental feature called “Your Custom Feed,” designed to give users more control over their content recommendations. Users participating in the experiment will see “Your ...