The Algorithm That Counted On No One Appealing

A federal court ordered UnitedHealth to reveal how its nH Predict claims algorithm worked. The lawsuit’s real story is the ...

How a Trading Algorithm Actually Works

Decoded: Breaking down how an actual trading algorithm works. Want to impress your friends? Learn how trading algos work ...

Prove The Algorithm Isn't A Proxy For Race: Colorado's Test For Life Insurers

Colorado now makes life insurers prove their algorithms don't penalize people by race. Here's how the first-of-its-kind test ...
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How Instagram’s Algorithm Chooses Who Sees Your Posts in 2025 (And How to Boost Your Reach)

In 2025, the Instagram algorithm has become more advanced than ever, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to decide what content users see in their Feeds, Reels, Stories, Explore pages, ...
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TikTok’s new owner puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works

Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S. investors. TikTok announced on Jan. 22, 2026, that it has formed TikTok ...

How 'algorithm' got its name from a 9th-century Persian mathematician

Kharizmi helped solidify the concept of algorithms in mathematics and popularized algebra and the use of the zero.
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How Social Media Algorithms Work: Simple Tips to Boost Feed Visibility Fast

Social media platforms use complex algorithms to decide what content appears on each user's feed. These systems are designed to filter massive amounts of posts and prioritize the ones most likely to ...