A New Algorithm Beats Dijkstra's Time For The Shortest Path To Any Point In A Network

Dijkstra's algorithm has long been the quickest way of finding the shortest possible paths in a network, but researchers have ...
Wall Street Journal

Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices

Since Lina Khan became Federal Trade Commission chair in 2021, she’s taken on Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, and that’s made her a lightning rod for controversy. WSJ breaks down the battles she’s picked ...
Hackaday

Where Graph Theory Meets The Road: The Algorithms Behind Route Planning

Back in the hazy olden days of the pre-2000s, navigating between two locations generally required someone to whip out a paper map and painstakingly figure out the most optimal route between those ...
The Hill

Amazon made more than $1B using secret algorithm called ‘Project Nessie,’ FTC says

Amazon made more than $1 billion in excess profits by employing a secret algorithm codenamed “Project Nessie” that inflated prices, according to newly unredacted portions of the Federal Trade ...
The Verge

Amazon’s secret pricing scheme made it an extra $1 billion, FTC says

The Project Nessie algorithm tested Amazon price hikes against its competitors. The Project Nessie algorithm tested Amazon price hikes against its competitors. is a reporter who covers the politics ...
The Verge

Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices

A new report details Amazon’s Project Nessie pricing algorithm. A new report details Amazon’s Project Nessie pricing algorithm. is a reporter who covers the politics and power influencing the tech ...