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The long-debated idea that we might all be living in a computer simulation—popularized by science fiction films like The Matrix—has taken a major hit.

Up until now, the simulation hypothesis, which has occasionally received backing from the likes of Elon Musk and Neil ...

According to Dr. Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, and his international ...

Rather than study how to use AI, students in this machine learning class work with the math that makes the AI work.

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The proof-of-work layer-1 is designed to make crypto mining accessible to mainstream users, contributor Naveen Jain explained ...