4 Practical Books on Python Machine Learning

Introduction A few years ago, I was solely responsible for an in-house demand forecasting model. The scores on the validation ...

The 'Reward Scaling Pitfall' That 99% of Reinforcement Learning Engineers Fall Into

If you have ever written reinforcement learning code, you have almost certainly tried this. You scale the reward by a factor ...
Unite.AI

SGD vs. Adam: How Machine Learning Optimizers Actually Learn

Stochastic gradient descent and Adam are optimization algorithms that update model parameters from estimated gradients, but they use different rules for momentum and per-parameter step sizes. This ...
The Conversation

Who should own the knowledge that underpins AI technology?

Russian mathematician Yurii Nesterov was recently awarded the Gauss Prize for outstanding mathematical contributions for his “groundbreaking work” on optimisation. The award cited his work on gradient ...
nytimes.com

Australian Social Media Users Could Get Power to Switch Off Algorithms

Technology companies have been “running real-time, unregulated product testing on Australians” for too long, communications minister says. By Laura Chung Reporting from Sydney, Australia The ...
Dread Central

20 Years Later, Nothing Has Come Close to the Raw Horror of ‘The Descent’

What is the scariest movie you have ever seen? The most claustrophobic? The one with the most terrifying creatures? The one that utilizes the setting most effectively? The one with the most potently ...
Dread Central

Lionsgate Limited Bringing ‘The Descent: Part 2’ to the U.S. on 4K for the First Time This August

Filmmaker Neil Marshall followed up his action-packed werewolf film Dog Soldiers with a terrifying, er, descent into darkness that would solidify him as one of the most exciting horror filmmakers at ...
Phys.org

Teenagers understand social media algorithms but want more control, study finds

Teenagers want a greater voice in the design and governance of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, according to new research led by University College Dublin. Rather than passive victims ...
TechCrunch

Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms

For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was ...
Gematsu

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent now available

High fantasy tactical RPG Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent is now available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam for $34.99 / £28.99 / €34.99 / ¥3,630, publisher New Tales and developer ...
DualShockers

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent Review: An RPG That Streamlines Combat

Shane Limbaugh is a Contributor at DualShockers who began covering games professionally in 2025. A longtime gamer with a Bachelor’s Degree in Game Design and Criticism, Shane brings a design-focused ...