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.

We use algorithms every day for things like image searches, predictive text, and securing sensitive data. Algorithms show up all over nature, too, in places like your immune system and schools of fish ...

A new NURBS-based algorithm is revolutionizing gridshell design by enabling faster, smoother, and more flexible shape-finding. What once required 90 hours of GPU time now takes just 90 minutes on a ...

With just days until the biggest social media platforms start kicking off users they deem to be under 16, kids are flocking to new apps to get their ...

I want to introduce my kid to AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Sora, but without turning it into a shortcut or replacing her imagination.

The same personalized algorithms that deliver online content based on your previous choices on social media sites like YouTube also impair learning, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when ...

You can use the chat bot feature the way you would ChatGPT, asking questions and getting summaries of your materials. You can also automatically generate flashcards, videos, infographics, mind maps, ...

Our basement bedroom has a huge desktop computer that we never, ever touch -- except to dust. Why are we keeping it? A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, ...

This is by far the fastest way I've ever made a presentation - and it might even help me win Christmas this year.

HP laptops have always been a trusted choice for reliability, everyday performance and premium build quality. From lightweight models for students to powerful Victus and Omen machines for gamers, the ...