A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...
Backstage

Understanding Instagram’s Algorithm: How to Make Sure Your Content Is Seen

High school calculus is probably the last time you had to think about algorithms—if you’re lucky, that is. But for performers and content creators alike, there’s a new algorithm to worry about: ...
Yahoo

How Microsoft's Human-Like Reasoning Algorithm Could Make AI Smarter

A new AI training method is designed to boost efficiency and mimic human-like reasoning in large language models. Microsoft researchers claim the approach has the potential to be groundbreaking.

TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of a majority stake in TikTok from Chinese tech giant ByteDance to a group of U.S. investors following Trump’s ...
Purdue University

Engineers develop faster, more accurate AI algorithm for improving nuclear reactor performance

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — To expand the availability of electricity generated from nuclear power, several countries have started developing designs for small modular reactors (SMRs), which could take ...