Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining lives We like to imagine that injustice announces itself loudly ...

LinkedIn's algorithm has changed, making old tactics obsolete. Align your profile with content topics. Prioritize "saves" as the key engagement metric by creating valuable, referenceable content. Post ...

It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...

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 ...

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 ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

The evolution of what posts get top billing on users’ news feeds, and what gets obscured Facebook’s news feed algorithm has been blamed for fanning sectarian hatred, steering users toward extremism ...

Last year, fashion publications wrote extensively about the impact of the algorithm on personal style. (Vogue Business included.) In last year’s fashion conversation, ‘the algorithm’ surpassed its ...

The quickhull algorithm sometimes produces a non-convex output, which has internal triangles. I've attached some images and tried to explain the issue in elalish/manifold#781, The gist of it is that I ...

Aggregator accounts sharing reposted content are going to be removed from Instagram’s recommendations. Aggregator accounts sharing reposted content are going to be removed from Instagram’s ...