The World Cup’s Group Stage Coordination Problem

Australia and Paraguay face a World Cup Group D coordination problem where a draw may be the safest path to knockout advancement.
The Irish Times

‘I have two problems, feel under terrible pressure and lack the resources to fix either’

I have two problems and now I feel under terrible pressure without any resources to do anything about either. I have been working in a large corporation for the last 25 years and I have failed to rise ...
PC World

How to fix common USB connection problems in Windows

So you’ve connected a device to your PC via a USB port — but Windows doesn’t recognize it. What now? Before you assume the product (or your PC port) is broken, there are several USB troubleshooting ...
The Guardian

The disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems

Alan Milburn says youth unemployment has no quick fixes – an idea with an important lesson for those thinking about how to rejoin the EU Mainstream politicians are rarely direct. It is part of the ...
PC World

Wi-Fi problems? Here’s how to diagnose your router issues

Whenever someone sends me a question about how to fix their Wi-Fi, I wince. It’s not that I dislike helping people with their router problems. In fact, there are few geeky endeavors I find more ...
The White House

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes a Temporary Import Duty to Address Fundamental International Payment Problems

PROTECTING THE U.S. ECONOMY AND NATIONAL INTERESTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation imposing a temporary import duty to address fundamental international payments problems and ...
The Conversation

Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works

Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the ...
Gizmodo

NASA’s Latest Attempt to Resolve Moon Rocket’s Fueling Problems Didn’t Go As Planned

The agency recently delayed the Artemis 2 mission due to a liquid hydrogen leak that has plagued the SLS rocket. Reading time 2 minutes A recent test to confirm repairs to the Space Launch System (SLS ...
International Rescue Committee

5 urgent problems the world faces in 2026

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...
Wired

A New AI Math Startup Just Cracked 4 Previously Unsolved Problems

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...
Morningstar

College sports has a new money problem - and St. John's may be the latest example: 'It's the Wild West'

St. John's University fired its basketball program's general manager, Matt Abdelmassih, this week. He was reportedly managing a $10 million roster. St. John's University spent $10 million on its ...