Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is marked by repetitive thoughts and strategies, either mental or physical, used to silence the thoughts and the accompanying anxiety. It entails an extreme need ...

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

Any New York leader who cares about “affordability” will cheer Rep. Nick Langworthy’s effort to rein in the state’s obscene “Scaffold Law.” President Donald Trump, and anyone who’s built anything in ...

Vance signed with the Silver and Black as an undrafted free agent in May and has appeared in two games this season. He played his final collegiate year at USC after two seasons at Florida State ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Greed isn’t always as obvious as someone hoarding stacks of gold like a modern-day dragon. Sometimes, ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

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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The fascinating "greedy cup," a drinking vessel that empties itself when filled past a certain level. Why weren’t the Epstein files released during the Biden administration? The penny won't be missed ...