Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI

A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually ...
IEEE

Encoding–Decoding-Based Quantized Learning Control Using Spherical Polar Coordinates

Abstract: This study investigates the performance of discrete-time systems under quantized iterative learning control. An encoding–decoding mechanism is combined with a spherical polar ...
IEEE

UHD Video Encoding in CPU Versus GPU: Quality and Performance Trade-Offs

Abstract: In the contemporary digital media environment, video encoding is of paramount importance for applications such as streaming and video conferencing. With the increasing demand for higher ...
the-decoder

Google's NotebookLM now runs its own cloud computer with code execution and agent-based research

Google has overhauled NotebookLM. The AI research tool now runs on Gemini 3.5 Flash and Google's coding tool Antigravity. Each notebook gets its own cloud computer that can write and run code, with ...
the-decoder

Perplexity's "Search as Code" lets AI models write their own search pipelines instead of calling fixed APIs

Instead of calling a ready-made search API, models in Perplexity's new "Search as Code" architecture write their own search workflows as Python code. The company promises more precise results and ...
CNN

Scientists are cracking the code of interspecies communication. Is that a good thing?

In the Karoo, South Africa’s vast semidesert, an African striped mouse basks in the morning warmth outside the bush it calls home. Nearby, audio equipment casts a long shadow on the rust-colored earth ...