Instead of manually placing every switch, buffer, and timing pipeline stage, engineers can now use automation algorithms to ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

The left, which has played a recognized role in advancing freedoms, equality, and justice, can overcome the current situation ...

Right after Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, 2025, the internet started showing me his videos. This was, initially, disappointing. After a decade of companionship, I had hoped my phone would ...

Virginia Tech has landed yet another Penn State transfer in what's shaping up to be an all-time class for both the Hokies and ...

For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., listens to testimony during a Sept. 20, 2023, Senate Environment and ...

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.

A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of engaging in “payola” to allow record labels to secretly promote their artists in the streaming service’s Discovery Mode. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a ...

Pull requests help you collaborate on code with other people. As pull requests are created, they’ll appear here in a searchable and filterable list. To get started, you should create a pull request.

LinkedIn support accidentally revealed its algorithm: it tracks "viewer tolerance," reducing visibility for authors whose posts are consistently ignored. To succeed, diversify content types weekly, ...

Algorithms are not apolitical tools that simply improve efficiency in online transactions or workplace coordination. They are instruments of control and should be regulated like other tools of control ...