Greed isn’t always as obvious as someone hoarding stacks of gold like a modern-day dragon. Sometimes, it’s subtle, wrapped in polished manners, or cleverly disguised as ambition. The signs of greed ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Amazon delivered strong earnings and double-digit revenue growth, but shares dipped after-hours due to cautious guidance and slower AWS growth. AWS remains a core strength, achieving 17% YoY growth ...

If you invest a portion of your paycheck each week, you're dollar-cost averaging. Staying the course can help you bounce back from bear markets sooner. As tempting as it is to try to buy at the ideal ...

It’s no secret that A-list stars in Hollywood are constantly bringing in major paydays -- from their movies to clothing lines to sponsorship deals. But when is enough enough? According to some ...

Abstract: An iterated greedy algorithm (IGA) is a simple and powerful heuristic algorithm. It is widely used to solve flow-shop scheduling problems (FSPs), an important branch of production scheduling ...

So far, not so good! No doubt, with the S&P 500 piercing correction territory (10% decline from the highs) on Thursday, traders aren’t shaking things off as well as Scott Bessent. The U.S. Treasury ...

Car dealerships exist to extract their bit of profit from you in a car-buying transaction by offering you sketchy loan terms and rushing their techs into doing expensive, shoddy repair work when you ...