By the end of Silo Season 3, Episode 2, the show has given us multiple clues and details about the mysterious Algorithm and its purpose.

YouTube star Casey Neistat says he no longer fully understands what drives success on the platform. Why it matters: AI recommendation systems are making YouTube feel less predictable, even for some of ...

Returning to England in 1960, he joined the computer firm Elliott Brothers, where one of his first tasks was to write an algorithm for a sorting method known as a “shell sort”. The story goes that he ...

In the span of a few years, custom algorithms have gone from nonexistent to a necessity for many media buyers. Custom algorithm company 59A, for instance, has clients who have used its algorithms for ...

These days, it feels like anyone and everyone has a podcast of some description. Whether it’s an investigative series, serious political talk, or just joking around amongst friends, one thing they all ...

If you’ve been on TikTok in the past couple of weeks, you’ve probably noticed people posting about belonging to “Group 7.” The trend is actually an experiment by indie singer Sophia James, who ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

Well, back in 1987, two programmers at General Electric did — and they ended up inventing the Marching Cubes algorithm. It’s the reason doctors can turn medical scans into 3D models that literally ...