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Computer scientists at Tsinghua University and Stanford have developed an algorithm that surpasses a fundamental speed limit that has constrained network pathfinding calculations since 1984. The team's approach to the shortest-path problem -- finding optimal routes from one point to all others in a network -- runs faster than Dijkstra's 1956 algorithm and its improvements by avoiding the sorting process that created the decades-old computational barrier. Led by Ran Duan at Tsinghua, the researchers combined clustering techniques with selective application of the Bellman-Ford algorithm to identify influential nodes without sorting all paths by distance. The algorithm divides graphs into layers and uses Bellman-Ford to locate key intersection points before calculating paths to other nodes. The technique works on both directed and undirected graphs with arbitrary weights, solving a problem that stymied researchers after partial breakthroughs in the late 1990s and early 2000s applied only to specific weight conditions.

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The first 200 customers can get a pizza for 99p

The chain operates 2,750 stores across 17 countries, including around 280 in the UK – among them branches in Colchester, Braintree, and Clacton.

Matthew Sexton from Kelvedon appeared before Ipswich Crown Court, having been found with extreme animal pornography shared to him via WhatsApp.

A High Court judge said the founder of a driving school was “frequently aggressive and sarcastic” as he gave evidence in court.

A football club has launched their brand-new mascot designed by a local schoolchild to engage kids with sports.

The chain operates 2,750 stores across 17 countries, including around 280 in the UK – among them branches in Colchester, Braintree, and Clacton.

A woman from Montréal in Canada was told to rush to hospital for a rabies shots after finding a bat in her toilet.

London-based entrepreneur Marisa Poster has revealed how a pre-wedding laser facial treatment left her hospitalised and blind in one eye.

Tia Lineker has revealed she has arrived at her wedding destination as she prepares to marry her fiance Harry Agombar this weekend.

The news rounds off a disastrous week for the King's shamed brother following the publication of an explosive new biography of the prince, serialised exclusively in the Daily Mail.

Tourists are reaching for their Tupperware, says the president of a restaurant association on the island, saying visitors' reluctance to spend money in restaurants is sparking a 'hospitality crisis'.

Fun feature found in Debian 13: send your selected text to China – in plaintext

As Trixie gets ready to début, a little-known app is hogging the limelight: StarDict, which sends whatever text you select, unencrypted, to servers in China.…

More than 400 small boat migrants have arrived in the first two days of Labour's returns deal, dashing claims it would be a 'new deterrent'.

The home (pictured) in Swanmore, Hampshire, which is known as 'Hiawatha', was put on the market last year by its previous owner, former company director Eric Abbott, 94.

Police are investigating the incident on the District line in east London yesterday at 3.30pm.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight. Big Brother Watch says the UK government has allowed images from the country's passport and immigration databases to be made available to facial recognition systems, without informing the public or parliament. The group claims the passport database contains around 58 million headshots of Brits, plus a further 92 million made available from sources such as the immigration database, visa applications, and more. By way of comparison, the Police National Database contains circa 20 million photos of those who have been arrested by, or are at least of interest to, the police.

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Prices have really changed over the years

Around 40 firefighters are battling a blaze in East Hanningfield, near Chelmsford, which is affecting three properties.

Around 40 firefighters are battling a blaze in East Hanningfield, near Chelmsford, which is affecting three properties.