Abstract: The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a challenging combinatorial optimization problem classified as NP-hard. This paper investigates the performance of various meta-heuristic algorithms, ...

KOREATOWN, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Update: The owner, Mark Nassab, asserts that only three cars were towed (not eight), and that tenants were given notice of the towing. He also says that not all of the ...

We've all been there. You're trying to create a password for a new account that meets the numerous parameters of a strong password. By the time you add a symbol, a ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

What’s happened? A recent study by Comparitech analyzed over 2 billion leaked passwords from 2025 and found that many of the most common ones are shockingly weak. Among the worst offenders are ...

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

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 ...

SonicWall has released a firmware update to aid its customers in removing a rootkit malware, a type of malware designed to allow threat actors admin-level access while remaining undetected. The ...

As you’ve probably heard, if not also experienced, AI is reshaping how we work. If you happen to be a senior professional with sufficient reputational capital, status, and a deep social network, you ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...