Common healthcare algorithm biased, reduces care for black patients by more than half, study finds A commonly used healthcare algorithm exhibits significant racial bias and reduces the number of black ...

In 2019, the world fretted that algorithms now know us better than we know ourselves. No concept captures this better than surveillance capitalism, a term coined by American writer Shoshana Zuboff to ...

The rise of quantum computing and its implications for current encryption standards are well known. But why exactly should quantum computers be especially adept at breaking encryption? The answer is a ...

The Pew Research Center outlined seven things to know about computer algorithms as part of a recent analysis. “Algorithms are all around us, using massive stores of data and complex analytics to make ...

The longest common subsequence (LCS) problem, a long‐standing challenge in computer science and bioinformatics, seeks to identify the maximum sequence of characters shared by multiple strings while ...

AI could learn to form digital cartels in an effort to maximize profits Algorithms now determine how much things cost. It’s called dynamic pricing and it adjusts according to current market conditions ...