In today’s world of the internet and social media, content is produced at an overwhelming rate. In a single day, there are 4.75 million items shared by Facebook users each day, 95 million photos and ...

A new thread is now controversial on Twitter because it talks about an "algorithm hack," one where it can help boost one's visibility and reach factor significantly by going private. This caught the ...

Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...

Are the algorithms, of which I am sure there are many versions, something that people in the know could game? For example, if they see X Y and Z happening, they know some sort of action is soon to ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. In this episode of Land of the Giants: Dating Games, we’re looking at the algorithms that run your love life. In ...

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.