On paper, the San Antonio Spurs look like one of the NBA’s best teams. At 23-9 and sitting second in the Western Conference, they’ve vaulted from long-term rebuild to legitimate contender faster than ...

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Abstract: This paper investigates the shortest path planning of unmanned surface vehicles (USV) in complicated marine environments. A novel path planning method called “sunlight algorithm” is first ...

Slate receives a commission when you purchase items using the links on this page. Thank you for your support. In a chaotic and distressing year, books provided a respite, a chance to commune with ...

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Your browser does not support the video element. Google's dominance is facing new challenges as search habits shift. Social apps like TikTok and AI chatbots like ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

The best skills in The Outer Worlds 2 are the ones that greatly boost your damage, unlock many new dialogue options, and open new doors. No skill can do all of this by itself, and all of them are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I continue my ongoing series about vibe ...

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 ...

From Netflix to Prime Video, and Shudder to the Criterion Channel, here are the best movies coming to each streaming platform this month. Netflix may get most of the attention, but it’s hardly a ...