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How computers compress text: Huffman coding and Huffman trees

How computers compress text: Huffman coding and Huffman trees Posted: May 15, 2026 | Last updated: May 15, 2026 This video delves into how computers store text as eight bits per character and examines ...
Science Daily

Scientists finally read the hidden DNA code that shapes disease

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens access to non-coding regions, where most disease-associated genetic variants ...
TechCrunch

People are finally using Reddit’s search

After being harried by complaints that its search function needed improving, Reddit has in the last few years invested in its search engine, and has even added AI features to help its users find what ...
Vanity Fair

Is Fashion Art? Decoding the 2026 Met Gala Dress Code

You know the drill: Each year on the first Monday in May, the Metropolitan Museum of Art welcomes fashion and Hollywood’s glitteratti—plus a growing contingent of tech bros and titans—for its annual ...
CNBC

Reddit's CEO calls his company 'the fuel' for artificial intelligence

Monday - Friday, 6:00 - 7:00 PM ET Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said the platform’s vast library of human conversations makes it a critical input for AI, calling it “the fuel” behind the technology. He ...
WREX

Decoding Data Centers: The Hidden Engine of the Internet

ROCKFORD, Ill. — As AI becomes more widely used and data centers continue to pop up, 13 WREX is launching a new exclusive series, “Decoding Data Centers,” taking a closer look at their growth and ...
Bleeping Computer

Claude Code leak used to push infostealer malware on GitHub

Threat actors are exploiting the recent Claude Code source code leak by using fake GitHub repositories to deliver Vidar information-stealing malware. Claude Code is a terminal-based AI agent from ...
VentureBeat

Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know

VentureBeat made with Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Image Anthropic appears to have accidentally revealed the inner workings of one of its most popular and lucrative AI products, the agentic AI harness Claude ...
Ars Technica

Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...
TechCrunch

X open sources its algorithm while facing a transparency fine and Grok controversies

In 2023, the website then known as Twitter partially open sourced its algorithm for the first time. In those days, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk had only recently acquired the platform, and he claimed ...