Tyler Lacoma has spent more than 10 years testing tech and studying the latest web tool to help keep readers current. He's here for you when you need a how-to guide, explainer, review, or list of the ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Speaker 1: The term algorithm is so often wrapped up in conversations about the ...

The nearest neighbor problem asks where a new point fits into an existing data set. A few researchers set out to prove that there was no universal way to solve it. Instead, they found such a way. If ...

Back in 1999, Erik Demaine was a PhD student who created an algorithm that determined the folding patterns necessary to turn a piece of paper into any 3D shape. However, the algorithm was far from ...

To avoid bias and improve transparency, algorithm designers must make data sources and profiles public. From time to time, scientific equations appear in the media and claim to distil the perfect way ...