MLB Rumors

White Sox Trade Curtis Mead To Nationals For Boston Smith

The White Sox have acquired catcher Boston Smith from the Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead, both teams have announced. Mead was designated for assignment earlier this week after falling short of an ...
Albuquerque Journal

4 Norsemen’s Mead opens its doors in Albuquerque

At 4 Norsemen’s Mead, one primary goal is to expose the Duke City to the charms and flavors of one of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages. But Albuquerque’s only meadery is also about fostering ...
SFGate

Lake Mead's very bad year is only getting worse

Lake Mead National Recreation Area is having a very bad start to spring. The water level is dwindling in Lake Mead, America’s largest reservoir and a major supplier of drinking water to California, ...
Fast Company

The X algorithm really is trying to radicalize you—researchers just proved it

In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...
Gizmodo

X’s Algorithm Pushes Users to Lean More Conservative, Researchers Find

In case you had any doubt, Elon Musk’s X has an algorithm that favors conservative content posted by political activists over liberal content or posts by traditional news media accounts, according to ...
Newsweek

Lake Mead Warning Issued

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Thousands of people were warned of dangerous conditions at Lake Mead on Monday. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued ...
Newsweek

Lake Mead Water Levels as Warning Issued

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Lake Mead remains only one-third full as officials warn that the reservoir's dangerously low water levels could mean ...
Engadget

X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...
Android Police

How to fix your Spotify algorithm in under 5 minutes

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...
IEEE

On the Use of the Nelder-Mead Simplex Method in Control Design and Systems Theory

Abstract: The Nelder-Mead simplex method is a well-known algorithm enabling the minimization of functions that are not available in closed-form and that need not be differentiable or convex.
The New York Times

Beth Mead still has huge value to Arsenal, despite questions over her future

Beth Mead of Arsenal encourages fans during the WSL match against Chelsea Alex Burstow/Getty Images One of Arsenal’s coaching staff once said something interesting about the value of Beth Mead to the ...
IEEE

Minimizing molecular potential energy function using genetic Nelder-Mead algorithm

Abstract: This paper presents a new algorithm for minimizing the molecular potential energy function. The new algorithm combines a global search genetic algorithm with a local search Nelder-Mead ...