The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the U.S. job market is much weaker than initially believed. More than 900,000 fewer jobs were added in 2024 and 2025 than previously reported. The BLS issues ...

The count of payroll jobs is likely to be 911,000 lower than previously thought after revisions are made, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday. The agency, which has been under fire from ...

Preliminary annual revisions could add to political pressure on the agency that produces the data. Preliminary annual revisions by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that 911,000 fewer jobs were ...

The US economy expanded in the second quarter at a slightly faster pace than initially estimated on a pickup in business investment and an outsize boost from trade. Inflation-adjusted gross domestic ...

U.S. Q2 GDP growth, annual rate, revised to +3.3% Q/Q from the initial estimate of 3.0%, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Thursday. The measure compares with the 3.1% ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --The U.S. gross domestic product was revised slightly upward, according to the second estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Thursday. The GDP, which is a measure of ...

Economic growth for the second quarter was revised up three-tenths of a percentage point to a 3.3% annual rate, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday in its first revision of the data. The ...