Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender in 2010, quietly working on his reintroduction to daily life two years after his lenient 13-month sentence for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Among ...

Jim Simons wasn’t a finance guy — he was a mathematician and Cold War codebreaker. Instead of hiring traders, he hired scientists who knew nothing about markets. His hedge fund, Medallion, used ...

Here’s the contradiction no one in tech wants to sit with: the same platforms that amplified #BodyPositivity into a global movement are simultaneously running algorithms that punish non-conforming ...

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

ASAP Rocky might've exposed that he's self-obsessed, considering the content on his Instagram activity. On the newest installment of Instagram series 'Algo Confessions,' the Harlem rapper shared his ...

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 ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Like humans, artificial intelligence learns by trial and error, but traditionally, it requires humans to set the ball rolling by designing the algorithms and rules that govern the learning process.

The day starts well before most people are even aware of it. In the morning, your smartphone wakes you seven minutes before iOS’ sleep tracking algorithm determines your wake-up time, and then plays a ...