From a living lab in Breda to the big fragrance houses, software is widening who gets to create a scent. That is worth celebrating.

Why do algorithms keep showing us content we claim not to want? The answer isn’t manipulation—it’s conflict between our ...

Lets geek out. The HackerNoon library is now ranked by reading time created. Start learning by what others read most. Lets geek out. The HackerNoon library is now ranked by reading time created. Start ...

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...

Cryptography secures communication in banking, messaging, and blockchain. Good algorithms (AES, RSA, ECC, SHA-2/3, ChaCha20) are secure, efficient, and widely trusted. Bad algorithms (DES, MD5, SHA-1, ...

If you rotate an image of a molecular structure, a human can tell the rotated image is still the same molecule, but a machine-learning model might think it is a new data point. In computer science ...

Data structures and algorithms constitute the foundational toolkit of computer science, enabling efficient storage, retrieval and manipulation of data. Data structures—ranging from arrays, linked ...

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...

Artificial intelligence has become a popular tool for job recruiters, in part because programmers can code applicant-screening algorithms to avoid any explicit discrimination in their decision-making ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...

Ofer A. Lidsky is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience and is the founder and CEO of Excellent Brain. In today’s digital age, data encryption is vital for protecting sensitive information.