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The essential guide to the algorithms that run your life

The essential guide to the algorithms that run your life

16 June 2021

From shaping what we read and buy to diagnosing illness, algorithms play a key role in every aspect of our lives. Here’s what you need to know about the most important ones
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Unbreakable: The race to protect our secrets from quantum hacks

28 February 2018

Quantum computers will smash our best encryption. To make everything from online chats to government intelligence safe, we need maths no machine could solve

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