Computer scientists have discovered a new way to multiply large matrices faster than ever before by eliminating a previously unknown inefficiency, reports Quanta Magazine. This could eventually ...

Mathematicians love a good puzzle. Even something as abstract as multiplying matrices (two-dimensional tables of numbers) can feel like a game when you try to find the most efficient way to do it.

Living in 1999 felt like standing on the edge of an event horizon. Our growing obsession with technology was spilling into an outpouring of hope, fear, angst – and even apocalyptic distress in some ...