Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

Elon Musk isn't a fan of X's algorithm, so he's documenting the company's efforts to improve the tech that decides what you ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you’ve been making the same commute for a long time, you’ve probably settled on what seems like the best route. But “best” is a ...

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 ...

When Elon Musk first proposed taking over Twitter, one the first changes he claimed he'd make would be "open-sourcing" Twitter's algorithm. Last week, Twitter finally followed through on that promise, ...

In algorithms, as in life, negativity can be a drag. Consider the problem of finding the shortest path between two points on a graph — a network of nodes connected by links, or edges. Often, these ...

X, formerly known as Twitter, rolled out an algorithm change to boost visibility among mutuals, and the crypto community is calling it long overdue.