Does the superior quality of search results from dominant firms like Google stem primarily from better algorithms or from access to larger volumes of user-generated data?

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An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was ...

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Anyone who has ever shopped online or browsed social media recognizes what might be called the headwaiter or sommelier function—the algorithm suggesting that if you liked this product, or post, or ...

Engineers sometimes turn to nature for inspiration. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Associate Professor Saket Navlakha and research scientist Jonathan Suen found that adjustment algorithms—the same ...

In the ever-shifting world of social media, few headlines have stirred as much debate as the news that Oracle will be taking over the management of TikTok’s algorithm for U.

Scientists found that ants and other natural systems use optimization algorithms similar to those used by engineered systems, including the Internet. These algorithms invest incrementally more ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: This is your Tech News Briefing for Wednesday, September 7th. I'm Zoe ...