Discover how the Luhn Algorithm verifies credit card accuracy, supports secure transactions, and helps prevent errors in inputting Social Security numbers.

Abstract: Iterative decoding algorithms based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) decoding of low density parity check (LDPC) codes has emerged as an alternating decoding method ...

Amazon Q Developer is a useful AI-powered coding assistant with chat, CLI, Model Context Protocol and agent support, and AWS ...

Abstract: In this paper, we proposed two simple refinement segmentation algorithms that can provide options to improve the computational complexity of the Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) ...

The socially challenged of Reddit are currently benefiting from shared psychological hacks that help them deal with other people. A recent Ask Reddit post challenged users to give away their most ...

QR codes are everywhere these days – on restaurant menus, parking meters, and even holiday shopping deals, but cybersecurity experts warn that scammers are taking advantage of how quick and easy these ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.