One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

Many of the ranking factors involved in Google Search’s super-secret algorithm have purportedly leaked. This leak sheds light on how Google Search seemingly operates and which attributes it uses to ...

With tools like OpenAI’s new Atlas browser, even the browser becomes the billboard. The user never needs to enter the ...

Google announced a new multi-vector retrieval algorithm called MUVERA that speeds up retrieval and ranking, and improves accuracy. The algorithm can be used for search, recommender systems (like ...

Google is confirming fewer and fewer search algorithm updates, but that doesn't mean there is less ranking volatility.

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

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 ...

Securing a top spot on search engine results pages greatly increases the chances that potential customers will click and visit a brand’s website. Top rankings on SERPs not only drive traffic and ...