Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...

The new Instagram feature reveals what the algorithm thinks you like and lets you adjust it, reshaping how content gets recommended on Reels. Instagram launched Your Algorithm in the U.S. today, a ...

The Department of Homeland Security is further clamping down on processing immigration applications after two National Guard members were shot by an Afghan national. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...

The move follows the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The United States has paused all pending immigration applications from 19 "countries of concern," meaning that even ...

The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days. By Hamed Aleaziz and ...

U.S. mortgage applications to buy a home surged last week to the highest level since early 2023, despite still-elevated borrowing costs. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s index of home-purchase ...

More than 50,000 people have applied to work for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani's transition team is seeking applicants of all experience levels to help with his affordability ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

Google has demonstrated a 13,000 times speedup for the Quantum Echoes algorithm using its Willow quantum chip. The feat is repeatable, according to the company, and it paves the way toward real-world ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Google said it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data for use ...

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 ...