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

But also, it’s valid to be upset about some of the things the algorithm is doing. It’s valid to be concerned how these social media platforms are trying to commodify our attention so they can ...

There is a new sorting algorithm a deterministic O (m log2/3 n)-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition ...

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 ...

Musk threatens to sue Apple for allegedly favoring ChatGPT and blocking other AI rivals from the App Store's top spot. Altman notes that Musk was accused of juicing his own algorithm on X.

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.

Politicians who have tried to use social media in recent campaigns have not always been successful. Here’s why.

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.

From Instagram to TikTok, Noah Giansiracusa explores how secret formulas and algorithms run our lives.

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.

Nothing fires up Google’s algorithm quite like talk of the return of skinny jeans, but for fall/winter 2025 designers are conspiring to relaunch another dormant Noughties trend: slouchy boho ...

“French authorities have requested access to X’s recommendation algorithm and real-time data about all user posts on the platform in order for several ‘experts’ to analyze the data and ...