As software and algorithms become an increasingly pervasive part of our lives, there’s growing interest and concern on how they are affecting society, the economy, and politics. Yet, most social ...

What’s the Deal With Algorithms? Your 101 guide to the computer codes that are shaping the ways we live.

A few years ago I used an algorithm to help me write a science fiction story. Adam Hammond, an English professor, and Julian Brooke, a computer scientist, had created a program called SciFiQ, and ...

The Luhn algorithm—also known as the “Modulus 10 algorithm”—is a formula used to determine the accuracy of credit card numbers.

At the first VidCon since 2019, YouTube's top earner in the U.S., MrBeast, got on stage to talk to YouTube's director of discovery Todd Beaupré about one ...

This article proposes an analogous algorithm for computing S-estimates. The new algorithm, that we call "fast-S", is also based on a "local improvement" step of the resampling initial candidates. This ...

Courts, banks, and other institutions are using automated data analysis systems to make decisions about your life. Let’s not leave it up to the algorithm makers to decide whether they’re doing ...