How does Luhn’s algorithm know when your fingers fumble? Every digit in a credit card number contributes a one-digit number to the final sum in the algorithm.

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.

Researchers found that an encryption algorithm likely used by law enforcement and special forces can have weaknesses that could allow an attacker to listen in.

For years, Google has relied on its preset algorithm to show top stories in your search results. Now, the tech giant is making search more personalised with the new “Preferred Sources” feature ...

The CSIRO says it has helped to develop a new algorithm that can block images from being used to create deepfakes. The method could not only help block deepfakes but it could also help artists ...

More than 360 hit by food poisoning after eating free school meal in Central Java Since its launch in January, the free school meals program has been marred by mass food poisoning cases across the ...

Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto has expressed regret over the violent mass protest against Pati’s regent Sudewo, who is from his own Gerindra party.

Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set ...

Grover's algorithm, a quantum algorithm for search, can be used to prepare entangled states of many qubits efficiently.

Effective AML compliance requires accurately screening for sanctions, politically exposed persons (PEPs), and adverse media. Two algorithms: Jaro-Winkler and Levenshtein, often come up in ...