Luhn Algorithm: Verify Credit Card Numbers & Ensure Accuracy

Discover how the Luhn Algorithm verifies credit card accuracy, supports secure transactions, and helps prevent errors in inputting Social Security numbers.
NHK

Japan launches new system using My Number Cards as main ID for health insurance

Japan has introduced a new health insurance ID system which uses individual number cards, commonly known as My Number Cards, as the main means of identification required to receive insured medical ...
The Conversation

How number systems shape our thinking and what it means for learning, language and culture

Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the ‘QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification’ project, which has received funding from the European ...
University of Dayton

Computer Engineering

Computer engineers design and upgrade advanced digital and computer-based systems by balancing and integrating hardware components and software. Computer engineering includes the design, construction ...
Computer Weekly

Number of girls taking GCSE computer science drops amid fall in overall candidates

The number of girls choosing to take a GCSE in computer science fell this year, breaking a consistent growth streak. In 2025, the number of girls taking computing at GCSE level dropped to 20,708, down ...
TV Technology

UPDATED: Corporation for Public Broadcasting Ends Its Next Generation Warning System Grant Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Following the passage of the Rescissions Act of 2025 that defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and left the organization without operating funds for the fiscal year ...
IFLScience

The Oldest Government Computer Still Working Is Over 25 Billion Kilometers From Earth

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
IEEE

Data-Driven Optimal Output Feedback Control of Unknown System Model via Adaptive Dynamic Programming

Abstract: This paper investigates the linear quadratic optimal output feedback control problem for an unknown linear continuous-time system. Combined with adaptive dynamic programming and optimal ...
Scientific American

This Number System Beats Binary, But Most Computers Can’t Use It

The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...
ProPublica

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors ...
GeekWire

Coding is dead: UW computer science program rethinks curriculum for the AI era

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, which connects to the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, on a sunny afternoon in June 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The ...