A new quantum-inspired algorithm is reshaping how scientists approach some of the most complex materials known, enabling ...

Hourly workers across a number of industries have long been grappling with unstable schedules and pay as their employers use ...

Amazon can steer market-wide prices without ever colluding—exposing a gap in antitrust law that the FTC is now fighting to close.

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 ...

Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed a more user-friendly and efficient method to help networking engineers ...

Dating app Tinder relies on algorithms to decide which photos users see. Mike Blake/Reuters This piece isn’t about these issues, or about breaking down the complex nature of how algorithms work. To ...

A quantum computer is a machine designed to use quantum mechanics to do things which cannot be done by any machine based only on the laws of classical physics. Eventual applications of quantum ...

Terms like "algorithm" and "recommender system" have entered the common lexicon in recent years, particularly in the area of ...