Every time a search engine ranks results, a social media feed recommends content, or a navigation app finds the quickest ...

Algorithms are everywhere, even when we do not notice them. They help us search the web, navigate roads, and discover new content online. Understanding how algorithms work is one of the simplest ways ...

Last summer saw security giant Palo Alto Networks update its firewall operating system with quantum-optimized hardware to deliver high‑throughput processing of post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The ...

Elon Musk says that in a week, the new X algorithm—meaning all the code that determines what you see in your X feed—will be made open source. We will make the new 𝕏 algorithm, including all code used ...

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...

Palo Alto Networks has updated its firewall operating system with quantum-ready features, highlighting the ability to make legacy applications quantum-proof. A new dashboard in the Palo Alto Networks ...

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.

It’s 2025—and we now know, all too well, the problems that Big Tech brings. We know that the rise of smartphones and apps has been correlated with a rise in mental illness among young Americans. We ...

Tech giant Oracle’s plan to save TikTok is hitting a formidable roadblock: US Sen. Tom Cotton. The conservative heavyweight from Arkansas has made it clear to Team Trump he will oppose any deal that ...

If you’re in search of a new job, you may encounter one emerging way companies are recruiting and hiring: AI-based algorithms. And experts point out that it’s not always clear how these algorithms ...

You’ve likely heard of the male gaze, the concept coined by British film theorist Laura Mulvey in her 1973 essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” In her writing, she notes that the “male gaze ...

Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term that describes the discomfort you feel when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions. Or it could refer to the tension of holding two conflicting ...