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 ...

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.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A new bill would hold social media platforms responsible for foreseeable algorithmic harms. A new bill would hold ...

new video loaded: I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain transcript “Our brains are being melted by the algorithm.” [MUSIC PLAYING] “Attention is infrastructure.” “Those algorithms are ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

A federal district court judge in Rhode Island has permanently enjoined the U.S. Dept. of Transportation from tying federal transportation grants to state cooperation with federal immigration ...

Almost a full year into President Donald Trump‘s second term, the full scope of the federal government’s woke and weaponized posture toward its citizens is still unfolding. Beyond the known targeting ...

BRUSSELS, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab on Tuesday rejected a ruling by the French rights watchdog against its algorithm after allegations of discriminatory job ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - One of the state’s primary office buildings is back in use after years of construction. The Docking State Office Building reopened its doors Thursday. “These great projects can ...

Intelligent Call Routing: The Tech Behind Faster, Smarter Call Centers Your email has been sent Key takeaways Intelligent call routing uses customer relationship management (CRM) context, agent state, ...

Instagram is rolling out a new test that lets select users fine-tune what they’d like to see in their Reels and Explore feeds. Here’s what it looks like. Instagram lead Adam Mosseri took to Threads ...