An obituary of Tony Hoare, a pioneer and one of the greatest programmers in the early history of computing.

Classicist, philosopher, wit, and one of the greatest British computer scientists of all time Obit Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare has died at the age of 92. Known to many computer science ...

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

“To use the feature in a public post, type ‘Dear Algo’ and then a description of what you want Threads’ algorithm to show you more of. Once you make your request, the change will stick for three days ...

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Jan 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open to the public its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, in seven days ...

import torch @torch.compile(backend="inductor") def fn(src, index, base_tensor): src = src + 10 torch.use_deterministic_algorithms(True) base_tensor.scatter_(0, index ...

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 the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

Google today released the June 2025 core update. Google said this core update “The rollout may take up to 3 weeks to complete.” Google also wrote: “Today we released the June 2025 core update. We’ll ...

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 ...