In the world of big tech, algorithms are behind much of what we see online. They affect what users digitally encounter on a day-to-day basis, including the ads they are targeted with, the results they ...

TikTok's content recommendation system is under scrutiny again after its parent company, ByteDance, agreed to hand control of the app's US operations to a new joint venture including Oracle. The ...

The next step is sending that list onto an order processing algorithm that goes out and buys or sells the stocks that have been selected. The code may seem hard to follow, but it’s one of the oldest ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you’ve been making the same commute for a long time, you’ve probably settled on what seems like the best route. But “best” is a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Google claimed to have gained an edge in the race to demonstrate the first practical use of a quantum computer, ...