Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming ...

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The Portland City Council on Wednesday passed a measure that bans corporate landlords from using rent-fixing price algorithms in the city. The ordinance, which was pushed by Councilor Angelita Morillo ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A pair of Utah lawmakers in Washington are pushing to amend a nearly 30-year-old law governing online communications to hold technology companies accountable for harms caused by ...

Two key trends are shaping the teaching of programming to the next generation of computing engineers at present. The first is the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools capable of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

In today’s digital economy, data is the foundation of innovation—and quantum computing is rapidly emerging as both a powerful opportunity and a direct security threat. Advancements are accelerating us ...

I like to pretend I use Instagram with intention. And sometimes I really do. On mornings when I’m about to cook; I open the app, head to the Tags tab, and search what I need #breakfast, #smoothies, ...

New Yorkers got a little more visibility this week into when apps like Uber and DoorDash use algorithms to set prices. The state's Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act took effect on Monday. Under the ...

A woman sits behind a ring light and takes pictures of herself. Credit - Niklas Graeber—picture alliance via Getty Images “The camera eats first.” A decade ago, that phrase might have been a joke ...