AI maps 20,000 everyday interactions to reveal how social situations are structured

Psychologists have long known that social situations profoundly influence human behavior, yet have lacked a unified, ...
PCMag

I Put 4 Windows Debloating Tools to the Test. The Results Were Embarrassing

Debloat tools claim to make Windows 11 more efficient by removing unnecessary processes and freeing up RAM. In practice, that ...
SciELO

In-plane strain measurement by digital image correlation

This paper presents a "fast and simple" (FAS) detection algorithm based on the digital image correlation for measurement of the surface deformation of planar objects. The proposed algorithm uses only ...
IEEE

Analysis of the Correlation Between Student Listening Behavior and Academic Performance

Abstract: With the popularization and application of artificial intelligence technology, classroom behavior research has once again become a research hotspot in the field of educational information ...
IEEE

Sentiment Analysis in Financial Markets: Using NLP to Predict Stock Price from News and Social Media Data

Abstract: This research explores the application of NLP techniques to forecast changes in stock prices by applying sentiment analysis based on views expressed by the public in 51 news stories and 28 ...
Consumer Reports

AI Data Centers: Big Tech's Impact on Electric Bills, Water, and More

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...
International Monetary Fund

Alternative Data and Monetary Policy

In the spring of 2020, the Federal Reserve faced a challenge: The COVID-19 pandemic was upending daily life with shutdowns, social distancing, and heightened uncertainty, but the traditional economic ...