A newly annotated fingerprint dataset combined with open-source software could help forensic examiners work more consistently ...

Around the world, algorithms are increasingly being asked to do something once reserved for human judgment: help decide who should remain free and who should be deprived of liberty. In recent years, ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

We once taught young people how to talk to computers. In the early days of software, success meant mastering syntax, understanding loops, and managing memory and structure. But that era is fading.

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ahead of the problem and keep our data secure. When you purchase through ...

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 ...

“That’s one small step for (a) man… one giant leap for mankind.” Despite the confusing transcript, that was a big leap for the world, and one that was destined not to be repeated for another ...

It’s August, the school year is about to begin, and dread is in the air. The reason isn’t that the summer idyll is about to end, but AI (Artificial Intelligence) and LLMs (Large Language Models).