Imagine that a ride-sharing driver receives a request for a pickup, and it’s up to the driver to accept or decline. The ride-sharing company’s algorithm has determined that this is a good ...

Since the very first days of computer science — a field known for its methodical approach to problem-solving — randomness has played an important role. The first program to run on the world’s first ...

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...