Discover what Google's BERT really is and how it works, how it will impact search, and whether you can try to optimize your content for it. Google’s newest algorithmic update, BERT, helps Google ...

Instagram users were missing 70 percent of all posts and 50 percent of their friends’ posts before the app ditched the reverse chronological feed for an algorithm in July 2016. Despite backlash about ...

Meta has now given users a comprehensive look at just how it utilizes AI systems to help platforms like Facebook and Instagram determine just what users can see on their feeds. Through Meta’s ...

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 ...

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Google has announced that it has developed a new open source encoder called "Guetzli" for compression of JPEG files. The algorithm used by the company allows it to compress JPEGs by up to 35% more ...

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 ...