A new algorithm can spot who may be headed for self-harm before warning signs become obvious

Depression, one of the most widespread mental health disorders, is characterized by a persistent low mood and a loss of ...
Fast Company

The X algorithm really is trying to radicalize you—researchers just proved it

In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...

Fairer disaster aid arrives just as fast with a new routing algorithm

Researchers from Koç University and international collaborators have developed a new algorithm that enables faster and more ...
Wired

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

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 ...

Algorithm using finger cuff technology detects moderate-to-severe aortic stenosis in African American patients

A novel detection algorithm spotted moderate-to-severe aortic stenosis (AS) with a sensitivity of 90.5% of all patients and ...
Wired

Scientists Establish the Best Algorithm for Traversing a Map

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you’ve been making the same commute for a long time, you’ve probably settled on what seems like the best route. But “best” is a ...
Ars Technica

Google has a useful quantum algorithm that outperforms a supercomputer

A few years back, Google made waves when it claimed that some of its hardware had achieved quantum supremacy, performing operations that would be effectively impossible to simulate on a classical ...