Named after its creator, John Nagle, this algorithm plays a part in the efficient operation of your router’s TCP/IP traffic. That being so, savvy gamers have added it to a list of things to ...

How to ID an algorithm So is Stanford’s “algorithm” an algorithm? That depends how you define the term. While there’s no universally accepted definition, a common one comes from a 1971 ...

The evolution of what posts get top billing on users’ news feeds, and what gets obscured Facebook’s news feed algorithm has been blamed for fanning sectarian hatred, steering users toward ...

The Internet recently fell in love with picture-parsing websites that guess your age, and whether someone is your twin. Now it offers another spin on novelty image recognition: an algorithm that ...