<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">The article explores 5 simple machine learning algorithms powering major platforms like Netflix, YouTube, and Facebook.Linear Regression helps predict numerical outcomes based on input features like estimating house prices or forecasting viewership of a show.Logistic Regression makes binary decisions (yes/no) using patterns to predict events, seen in applications like YouTube and healthcare.K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) classifies data by comparing it with similar known data points, used in applications like recommending movies on Netflix.