Your AI might look smart on benchmarks but could be brittle in the real world, leading to unexpected failures and eroding ...

Noah Giansiracusa discusses how users can reclaim control over their tech-mediated lives by garnering a stronger understanding of how algorithms work, and how they are used to make decisions that ...

A Python script with an AI algorithm that solves a 2D maze using the A* search algorithm - but, with specific movement constraints, to really force the AI earn its way out of the maze. This time, ...

In an interview with Harvard Law Today, Noah Giansiracusa explains how companies deploy what some call "dynamic" or “surveillance pricing,” using individual customers' data as a primary algorithmic ...

A controversial algorithmic age assurance system that Google has launched on YouTube is reportedly also being incorporated into the company’s tentpole search engine. The age check tool uses machine ...

Today marks my last Care and Feeding column. Nearly three and a half years ago, I dared to get back into journalism and joined the team. My goals were straightforward: sharpen my “pen,” practice ...

The Python team at Microsoft is continuing its overhaul of environment management in Visual Studio Code, with the August 2025 release advancing the controlled rollout of the new Python Environments ...

Welcome to the Data Structures and Algorithms Repository! My aim for this project is to serve as a comprehensive collection of problems and solutions implemented in Python, aimed at mastering ...

Abstract: Grover’s algorithm is a quantum search algorithm that makes a huge difference in finding an element of interest from unsorted and unstructured data. In the case of a classical search ...

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 ...

Creators on TikTok are constantly dolling out the same three pieces of advice: be authentic, find the creativity gap, and post every single day. Being authentic is not something that can be taught, ...

The cyclical, now AI-fueled, “SEO is dead” panic cycle is in full swing. But here’s what most of those headlines miss: Search isn’t a platform, it’s a behavior. Whether people are typing into Google ...