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In 1971, German mathematicians Schönhage and Strassen predicted a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, but it remained unproven for decades. Mathematicians from Australia and France have ...

The North Carolina Powerball player who missed the $1.2 billion jackpot by one number but still struck gold has plans to purchase a home with his new fortune. Daryl Steinhoff came forward as the lucky ...

The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.20 billion for the Monday, Sept. 1, drawing after no one won the grand prize on Saturday, Aug. 30. If someone matches all five numbers and the Powerball ...

This particular dance of digits has come to dominate credit card verification because of its simplicity and powerful set of features. If you mess up any single digit when entering your card number, ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

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Quantum computers still can’t do much. Almost every time researchers have found something the high-tech machines should one day excel at, a classical algorithm comes along that can do it just as well ...

Barcode technology makes real-time data collection possible. Despite the multitude of barcodes in existence today, universal product codes remain among the most useful to a small business. Because UPC ...

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