What if you could predict the future, not with a crystal ball, but with math? In this guide, Veritasium explains how a 120-year-old concept called Markov chains has become a silent force shaping ...

With residents this month debating use of facial recognition systems at some Connecticut grocery stores, state lawmakers from both parties plan to look into stopping that technology from being used in ...

When it comes to working with data in a tabular form, most people reach for a spreadsheet. That’s not a bad choice: Microsoft Excel and similar programs are familiar and loaded with functionality for ...

It’s inevitable that, on any given day, Wall Street is mispricing a publicly traded security’s option premium. Specifically, the standard Black-Scholes model effectively states the following for debit ...

Blockchains are the critical infrastructure underlying cryptocurrencies. The common feature of these distributed ledgers is the sequential updating of a cryptographically secure, verifiable ...

Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...

If your Valentine's Day plans involve a couch and a blizzard, don't let a generic algorithm kill the mood. Netflix hides its most swoon-worthy (or tear-jerking) content behind digital locks, leaving ...