In rock-paper-scissors, the ideal strategy is simple: You should play a random move each round, choosing all three ...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.

Feeds that amplify hysterical content are accelerating extremism and a grievance society that endangers us all.

Researchers have developed an AI system that learns about the world via videos and demonstrates a notion of “surprise” when ...

In response to systematic censorship by social media, Palestinians and their allies have built a playbook of tactics to beat ...

A paper co-authored by Prof. Alex Lew has been selected as one of four "Outstanding Papers" at this year's Conference on Language Modeling (COLM 2025), held in Montreal in October.

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they ...

A new NURBS-based algorithm is revolutionizing gridshell design by enabling faster, smoother, and more flexible shape-finding ...

Abby Stylianou built an app that asks its users to upload photos of hotel rooms they stay in when they travel. It may seem ...

Saudi Arabia has deployed its first quantum computer, renewing questions about the future of blockchain security.

If you have pre-school-aged grandchildren, or kids in the first couple of years of primary school, it is almost certain that ...

PageRank interpreted hyperlinks as endorsements, prioritizing pages linked by many others and weighting endorsements from ...