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 ...

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 the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Quantum computing is on the horizon, promising to solve complex problems beyond the capabilities of classical computers. But for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which rely on today’s cryptographic ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Sometime in the fall of 2021, Andrew Krapivin, an undergraduate at Rutgers University, encountered a paper that would change his life.

A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible. Sometime in the fall of 2021, Andrew ...

You might have heard that algorithms are in control of everything you hear, read, and see. They control the next song on your Spotify playlist, or what YouTube suggests you watch after you finish a ...

The recent announcement by Google CEO Sundar Pichai about their new quantum computing chip “Willow” has caused a few waves in the Bitcoin investment community and was like chum in the water for ...

David Martens has received funding from AXA JRI. Sofie Goethals has received funding from the Flemish Research Foundation. When you visit a hospital, artificial intelligence (AI) models can assist ...

This unique turkey hash is a recipe from poet and novelist Crystal Wilkinson’s cookbook, “Praisesong for the Kitchen Gods.” “I make it the way my grandmother did, although it’s not like the ...