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.

An innovative algorithm for detecting collisions of high-speed particles within nuclear fusion reactors has been developed, inspired by technologies used to determine whether bullets hit targets in ...

Algorithms are a hot topic of conversation, as Facebook, er, Meta, finds itself criticized for employing algorithms that promote anger and strife for the purpose of increasing customer engagement with ...

SHENZHEN,China, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroAlgo Inc. (the "Company" or "MicroAlgo") (NASDAQ: MLGO), today announced the development of a Grover-based quantum algorithm designed to find pure ...

Over the past year, it's become pretty clear that machines can now beat us in many straightforward zero-sum games. A new study from an international team of computer scientists set out to develop a ...

DeepMind has applied its mastery of games to a more serious business: the foundations of computer science. The Google subsidiary today unveiled AlphaDev, an AI system that discovers new fundamental ...

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Shortly before the curtain drops on the hit HBO show Game of Thrones (GoT), students attending a computer science seminar at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) embarked on an unusual scientific ...

Evan is a games writer and editor based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. Evan has been writing for GameRant for 4 ...

Steam algorithm changes are “killing indie gaming” according to one developer affected by a recent change in the way that Steam recommendations work. Valve has been hard at work figuring out a new way ...

Is viral puzzle game Block Blast rigged? A developer’s backend deep dive reveals how a secret “death algorithm” and ad-harvesting strategy are driving millions in revenue.