Markov Chains : The Strange Math That Predicts Almost Anything

Discover how Markov chains predict real systems, from Ulam and von Neumann’s Monte Carlo to PageRank, so you can grasp ...
The New York Times

Venezuela Updates: Senate Advances Measure to Curb Trump’s Use of Force

In a rebuke to the president, the Senate narrowly agreed to bring up a War Powers Act resolution for a vote next week. The measure would require Mr. Trump to seek congressional authorization for ...
Gothamist

NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces

Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data from anyone who enters its supermarkets, according to new signage posted at the chain's Manhattan and Brooklyn locations earlier this month ...
The New York Times

At U.N. Emergency Meeting, U.S. Allies Criticize Military Action in Venezuela

American allies including France objected to the military incursion into a sovereign state and the capture of the Venezuelan president as a violation of international law. Benjamin Weiser Jonah E.