Netflix releases a lot of movies. A lot of those movies quickly surface in the algorithm, compel us to watch them, and then are so bland and algorithm-friendly that we completely forget them. But ...

Just ask Biden, who delivered a spirited State of the Union speech in March 2024, an address that briefly assuaged Democratic ...

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

Imagine this scenario: Amber stumbled on a podcast interview with someone who flew themselves to and around the Bahamas in a rented plane. She expected it to be about beaches and sunsets but when she ...

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...

I propose we start with the core logic for the main feature in Pac-Man-Maze-Adventure. This includes defining the main data structures and algorithms.

I propose we start with the core logic for the main feature in Pac-Man-Maze-Adventure. This includes defining the main data structures and algorithms.

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 ...

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.

Do you remember the early days of social media? The promise of connection, of democratic empowerment, of barriers crumbling and gates opening? In those heady days, the co-founder of Twitter said that ...

How do the algorithms that populate our social media feeds actually work? In a piece for Time Magazine excerpted from his recent book Robin Hood Math, Noah Giansiracusa sheds light on the algorithms ...