Generative AI is infiltrating everything you do online, including how you find information. If you're bored with traditional web search, give one of these five AI-powered engines a try. I've been ...

Quantum researchers have deployed a new algorithm to manage noise in qubits in real time. The method can be applied to a wide range of different qubits, even in large numbers. Noise is the "ghost in ...

Abstract: An algorithm is presented which finds a GMI-maximizing binary labeling for a given constellation. For 16-ary constellations, the algorithm is five orders of magnitude faster than a brute ...

People’s views are becoming more and more polarized, with “echo chambers”—social bubbles that reinforce existing beliefs—exacerbating differences in opinion. This divergence doesn’t just apply to ...

Google announced a new multi-vector retrieval algorithm called MUVERA that speeds up retrieval and ranking, and improves accuracy. The algorithm can be used for search, recommender systems (like ...

When Google launched the March 2025 core update last week, Google said there will be a series of improvements aimed to help “better surface relevant, satisfying content” from content creators ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. Computer scientists often ...

Google completes November 2024 core algorithm update after three-week rollout, showing moderate impact across global search results. The November 2024 core update took three weeks to complete. With ...