‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive than they think

Software engineers have debated productivity metrics for decades, starting with lines of code. But as the new generation of ...
PCMag

I Just Vibe Coded a Global Mass Surveillance Site in 2 Hours With OpenAI's Codex. It Was Terrifyingly Easy

I have zero coding skills, but I was able to quickly assemble camera feeds from around the world into a single view. Here's ...

Schenectady looks to sensors to create pavement and pothole management plan

The city’s chief engineer estimated it would take two days to drive the car mounted with a sensing device around the entire ...
EDN

Give bare-metal multicore processing a try

Multicore processing boosts performance and energy efficiency in many coding situations. Bare-metal algorithms further ...
Ancient Origins

The Great Pyramid Algorithm: New Study Proposes Integrated Edge Ramps

A new computational study suggests the Great Pyramid of Giza was built using a sophisticated "Integrated Edge-Ramp" (IER) system, potentially solving a 4,500-year-old architectural enigma. This model ...
IEEE

Fast VVC Intra Coding Algorithm Based on Luminance-Chrominance Feature and Deep Learning

Abstract: To address the issues of high intra coding complexity of the new-generation video coding standard Versatile Video Coding (VVC) and the neglect of chroma components' value in existing ...
IEEE

Last-Mile Route Optimization Using Genetic Algorithm, Integer Programming, and Machine Learning-Based Clustering and Cost Estimation Models

Abstract: This study proposes a hybrid framework for optimizing last-mile delivery routes that combines Genetic Algorithm (GA), Integer Programming (IP), and machine learning (ML)-based clustering and ...
TechCrunch

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

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 ...