New York Post

‘Dynamic pricing’ used to raise costs of everything from food and Uber rides to museum visits

If you feel like you’re being nickel-and-dimed everywhere you shop – you probably are. Instacart has been using a shady AI algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same ...
CNN

Rubio directs diplomats to return to using Times New Roman, undoing Biden-era switch to Calibri

The move undoes the Biden administration’s update to using Calibri in official department documents in 2023 amid a movement to make webpages and publications more accessible. Then-Secretary of State ...
IEEE

A Survey of Change Point Detection in Dynamic Graphs

Abstract: Change point detection is crucial for identifying state transitions and anomalies in dynamic systems, with applications in network security, health care, and social network analysis. Dynamic ...
The New York Times

At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful,” casting the return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity efforts. By Michael ...
IEEE

Joint Dynamic Data and Model Parallelism for Distributed Training of DNNs Over Heterogeneous Infrastructure

Abstract: Distributed training of deep neural networks (DNNs) suffers from efficiency declines in dynamic heterogeneous environments, due to the resource wastage brought by the straggler problem in ...
ConsumerAffairs

What is a ‘data center’ and how much electricity does it use?

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center industry. Critics note that Virginia hosts one of the ...