Spotify is bringing its algorithm playbook to books. New real-time charts favor engagement over sales, potentially shifting how stories are written.

Machine learning engineers from the University of Bristol think they might have the master equation to predicting the popularity of a song. The so-called Hit Potential Equation looks a little ...

The origin of heavy elements in our universe is theorized to be the result of neutron star collisions, which produce conditions hot and dense enough for free neutrons to merge with atomic nuclei and ...

Applying a clustering algorithm called the Gaussian mixture model to an aggregation of expert ranking data provided by Fantasypros.com, the algorithm finds natural tiers and clusters within the data.

Information from mobile marketing data firm Flurry suggests that Apple might have made some changes to the algorithms which govern the chart positions on the iOS App Store. The changes are thought to ...