Quantum computing offers the hope of dramatic increases in computational capabilities. That’s the promise of quantum computers that can handle hundreds of thousands or millions of quantum bits or ...

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Are we shaping our feeds or are they shaping us — and is this healthy? Faculty weigh in recommendation algorithms.

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Spread the loveThe promise of artificial intelligence in finance has always been efficiency, personalization, and fairness. Yet, a recent controversy surrounding FinTech disruptor RateGenius AI is ...

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. Computer scientists often ...