Google said this week that its research on a new compression method could reduce the amount of memory required to run large language models by six times. SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron shares fell as ...

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...

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As both students of Japanese mythology and anime fans know, Orochi is not to be taken lightly. The moniker refers primarily to Yamata no Orochi, aka “Eight-Headed Serpent,” a legendary beast that ...

Abstract: A diagnosis method of nonuniform and unmagnetized plasma parameters based on microwave reflection extremum algorithm (MREA) is proposed in this article. The continuous spectrum and extremal ...

OpenAI has introduced GPT‑5.1-Codex-Max, a new frontier agentic coding model now available in its Codex developer environment. The release marks a significant step forward in AI-assisted software ...

A magnetic device may be able to remove kidney stones more efficiently than standard approaches, avoiding the need for repeated surgical procedures. Kidney stones occur when minerals in urine ...

Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun has won the race to become the next leader of the main opposition Kuomintang. Her election has drawn reaction from lawmakers across party lines and even congratulations ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.