Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar As Ancient Antibiotic, Study Finds

A new study explores whether birch tar, long associated with Neanderthal toolmaking, may have served another purpose as well.
Hackaday

Slug Algorithm For On-GPU Rendering Of Fonts With Bézier Curves Now In Public Domain

The Slug Algorithm has been around for a decade now, mostly quietly rendering fonts and later entire GUIs using Bézier curves ...
CNET

Brain-Inspired Algorithms Could Dramatically Cut AI Energy Use

One major issue facing artificial intelligence is the interaction between a computer's memory and its processing capabilities. When an algorithm is in operation, data flows rapidly between these two ...
NPR

New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...
Nasdaq

Ceribell Wins FDA Clearance For Neonatal Use Of Clarity Algorithm

(RTTNews) - CeriBell, Inc. (CBLL) announces that the U.S. FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for its next-generation Clarity algorithm to detect electrographic seizures in preterm neonates through ...
Oregonian

Portland council resurrects proposal to ban rent-setting algorithms

The Portland City Council will vote as soon as next week on a proposed ban on the use of algorithms to set residential rents. Following a tense debate Wednesday, Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney ...
JD Supra

New York Prohibits Use of Pricing Algorithms for Rent-Setting

On October 16, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law S.7882, which amends New York’s antitrust law, the Donnelly Act, to prohibit the use of pricing algorithms by residential landlords to set ...
The National Law Review

California Passes Broad Limits on “Common Pricing Algorithms”

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
NationofChange

Gov. Newsom signs legislation to prohibit use of algorithms to artificially raise prices on essentials

Advocates of the law called AB 325 "groundbreaking" and said it's a "critical step in addressing California's affordability crisis by cracking down on tech-enabled price manipulation." Yesterday, ...
Android Authority

YouTube Premium supports switching profiles, and it’s a total game changer for Music

One of the most common complaints I keep reading from YouTube Music users is that Google treats it and their regular YouTube experience as one and the same. If you like one artist’s songs, you’re now ...
The Hill

Key Republican raises concerns about reported TikTok spinoff reliance on Chinese algorithm

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, raised concerns Wednesday about the ongoing reliance of a potential TikTok spinoff on an algorithm ...
Privacy International

PI alerts regulator about the use of algorithms by the UK Government and their impact on migrants

UK Home Office’s uses two algorithms for immigration purposes seemingly without sufficient safeguards to protect the right to privacy and meet data protection standards. Migrants appear to be subject ...