Xanadu, the University of Toronto and the National Research Council of Canada Unveil Quantum Algorithms for Lithium-ion Battery Simulations

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc. (“Xanadu”), a leading photonic quantum computing company, has today announced a novel quantum computational algorithm to accelerate the discovery and analysis of ...

AI analysis of nanoribbon assembly reveals protein design principles

Two parallel experiments in protein self-assembly produced strikingly different results, demonstrating that protein designers should consider incorporating physical forces now missing from even ...
Opinion
New ScientistOpinion

AI is nearly exclusively designed by men – here's how to fix it

With the Trump administration’s attacks on so-called woke AI it is becoming even harder to make the technology we use fairer and more diverse. Leading voices are speaking out, reports Catherine de Lan ...
IEEE

IRS-Aided Secure Sensing for Surveillance Area Coverage: Framework and Algorithm Design

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel IRS-aided framework for secure sensing, which aims to minimize the worst-case Cramér-Rao bound (WC-CRB) within an entire surveillance area by optimizing the IRS ...
Frontiers

Revisiting the grand challenges: the road travelled and ahead at the frontiers of computer-aided drug design

Since the early applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the 1960s (Gasteiger, 2020), in silico methods have advanced at a remarkable pace, shaping what is now recognized as the modern era of ...
CNET

TikTok Ordered to Change Algorithm Over 'Addictive Design,' or Face a Hefty Fine

The EU is threatening to take action against the social media company. It could be the start of a global reckoning. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...
Yahoo

EU says TikTok’s algorithm, ‘addictive design’ likely illegal

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European Union regulators say TikTok may be in violation of the Digital Services Act due to the risk it poses for addictive and ...
UPI

EU says TikTok's algorithm, 'addictive design' likely illegal

Feb. 6 (UPI) --European Union regulators said Friday that TikTok may be in violation of the Digital Services Act due to the risk it poses for addictive and compulsive behavior. The European Commission ...
The New York Times

Europe Accuses TikTok of ‘Addictive Design’ and Pushes for Change

European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children. By Adam Satariano Reporting from London TikTok’s endless ...
USA Today

Are social media giants like Meta liable for addiction? | The Excerpt

On the Monday, February 2, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: A landmark trial asks whether social media giants like Meta knowingly designed addictive platforms, and if they can be held legally ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Benchmark For AI-Aided Chip Design That Evaluates LLMs Across 3 Critical Tasks (UCSD, Columbia)

Researchers at UCSD and Columbia University published “ChipBench: A Next-Step Benchmark for Evaluating LLM Performance in AI-Aided Chip Design.” “While Large Language Models (LLMs) show significant ...