The errors that quantum computers make are holding the technology back. But recent progress in quantum error correction has ...

The team's automated reasoning research aims to build algorithms that allow computers to perform logical reasoning. The output of these algorithms is traditionally binary: satisfiable or unsatisfiable ...

TikTok explains issues with its algorithm. TikTok users in the U.S. reported feed and content issues over the weekend. Issues followed the creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity, as ...

TikTok has posed two national security threats. First, TikTok and its owner ByteDance have repeatedly made promises about the security of personal data of Americans, but they have not honored pledges ...

Netflix would like you to know that Adolescence has been watched for more than 555 million hours this year, a number so large it feels almost impossible to quantify. (You don’t rack up a figure like ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

Two Princeton computer scientists published an article in August that argues that artificial intelligence (AI) is a “normal” technology. This perspective stands in marked contrast to the less clearly ...

This is important because: If people constantly reward poor journalism or more dramatic content, platforms have no incentive to boost reliable info, and misinformation gets a free algorithmic ride. Ok ...

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 ...