algorithm
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Many service sector workers find that they only get shifts when an algorithm says their labor is required – leaving their schedules and earnings unpredictable.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Rather than manually extracting proteins and peptides from tissues and then using methods such as mass spectrometry to identify huge numbers of molecules, the researchers created a computer algorithm called Peptide Predictor.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The joint venture has retrained the recommendation algorithm to guard against any future manipulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
For everyday investors, this shifts the question from whether to automate their investing, to how much control they are willing to hand over to an algorithm.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
I have my old cracked phone out, my hack allowing me to track down the other Phoenix Riders without being subjected to the new NeuroLink algorithm.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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"The government focused on maximising network strength, but it did not pay attention to the way that the algorithms changed," said Joyojeet Pal, a professor at the University of Michigan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Dhar: This gets to the heart of when algorithms do better than humans, and when humans do better.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
None of the protesters interviewed for this story spoke about algorithms, engagement or going viral.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
River can be a good thing, social media algorithms can flatten the context around the waterway, particularly when it comes to demographic changes in nearby neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Nor can you understand the complexities of computing—the nature of algorithms, or the storage or corruption of data—without comprehending the structural anatomy of digitized information.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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