The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

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Financial crime risk is not static. A customer’s risk profile can shift rapidly with new transactions, behaviors, or data. Yet historically, many financial institutions relied on one-time or ...

Google’s June 2025 Core Update just finished. What’s notable is that while some say it was a big update, it didn’t feel disruptive, indicating that the changes may have been more subtle than game ...

For centuries, we have relied on human intuition, behavioral cues, and painstaking manual analysis to determine veracity in written communications. Enter artificial intelligence. AI algorithms, ...

A few weeks ago, my ears perked up when a gaggle of middle school volleyball players in my car were talking about the teachers they don’t like; I have an unfortunate appetite for tweenage gossip, and ...

If your business isn’t showing up where customers are looking, you’re missing out on sales. That’s the hard truth. I’ve been in SEO for over 18 years, working with businesses of all sizes, from local ...