Elon Musk says he plans to open-source the X algorithm next week, but he open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm in 2023 and then ...

If you’re gonna be a hacker eventually you’re gonna have to write code. And if you write code eventually you’re gonna have to deal with concurrency. Concurrency is what we call ...

Artificial intelligence has already crept into daily money decisions, from budgeting apps that flag overspending to ...

COMMENTARY: St. Augustine’s rejection of astrology reveals why the light we seek is not found in the heavens, but in the ...

Consciousness may emerge not from code, but from the way living brains physically compute.

Abstract: To address the real-time transmission challenges of multiple types of data frames in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, this paper proposes an in-vehicle Ethernet transmission technology ...

A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

An artist’s impression of a quantum electrodynamics simulation using 100 qubits of an IBM quantum computer. The spheres and lines denote the qubits and connectivity of the IBM quantum processor; gold ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

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.