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

Isabel O’Brien is an experienced business journalist who specializes in private equity, infrastructure, and financial misconduct. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

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 ...

Let's be real: you've spent more time scrolling through Netflix's than actually watching it. If you're sick of the algorithm force-feeding you the same five shows and a bunch of "98% matches" you'd ...

Tl;dr: If you manage even one Microsoft 365 tenant, it’s time to audit your OAuth apps. Statistically speaking, there’s a strong chance a malicious app is lurking in your environment. Seriously, go ...

Given a particle in Euclidean space, a central force is a force that points toward or away from the origin and depends only on the particle’s distance from the origin. If the particle’s position at ...

The era of Windows 10 support ends on Oct. 14. After more than a decade, Microsoft is prioritizing updates for the most current OS, Windows 11, and stopping security updates for Windows 10. If ...

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. A quantum computer at ...

In the modern history of economic policymaking, few institutions evoke as much debate as the International Monetary Fund. Bangladesh, in the aftermath of its 2022 dollar crisis and the ensuing ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...