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Artificial intelligence is profoundly changing how the United States — and the world’s other military giants — are arming ...

There was a time, not that long ago, when he argued that Republicans like him should be signing up for TikTok, in order to reach young voters.

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. While there is plenty of criticism to be hurled at what music the algorithm serves ...

The LinkedIn algorithm can feel like a mysterious gatekeeper, deciding which posts reach only a few connections and which break free into wider feeds. For professionals, creators, and brands, ...

In 2025, the Instagram algorithm has become more advanced than ever, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to decide what content users see in their Feeds, Reels, Stories, Explore pages, ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...

The new quantum computing algorithm, called "Quantum Echoes," is the first that can be independently verified by running it on another quantum computer. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

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 ...