algorithm

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They relied on a computer algorithm to detect tiny, repeated dips in starlight that occur when a planet passes in front of its star.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Micron and Sandisk shares fall on fears that Google’s TurboQuant algorithm will reduce memory chip demand.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

As these keys are already public, a quantum system wouldn’t be limited by the 10-minute window; it could use Shor’s algorithm to crack into these wallets at any time.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Musk’s five-step algorithm gets Tesla and SpaceX employees to achieve stretch goals and innovate, and it’s sure to come in handy in his push to build the world’s largest AI chip factory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

What Goldman’s algorithm indicates, though, is that the role of those other factors is so small in determining what is happening to the man right now that an accurate diagnosis can be made without them.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell