How a feud in Russia led to the development of modern prediction algorithms. 0:00 The Law of Large Numbers 4:37 What is a Markov Chain? 9:43 Ulam and Solitaire 12:21 Nuclear Fission 15:46 The Monte Carlo Method 16:32 The first search engines 19:07 Google is born 25:16 How does predictive text work? 27:10 Are Markov … Read more
Advocacy groups call on Twitter to restore API access to Politiwoops Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman A collection of advocacy groups from around the world on Friday released anopen letter to Twitter, calling on the company to restore API access to Politiwoops, a site that archived politicians’ deleted tweets. RELATED ARTICLE A eulogy for Politwoops, … Read more
Google Announces New Search Algorithm One day before celebrating the company’s 15th birthday, Google went back to the place where it all started ? literally Google unveils search updates for mobile, new Page Rank algorithm, and Knowledge Graph comparisons This week, Google marks its 15-year anniversary and the team brought members of the media to the original Google House … Read more