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 ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — At Purdue University, character isn’t just a trait — it’s currency. So much so that the NCAA basketball powerhouse’s coach, Matt Painter, has implemented a sophisticated ...

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I recently got together with some friends for lunch, and three of us carpooled. Two of us were wearing similarly styled dresses, and the other was in a perfectly beautiful, differently styled dress.

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

According to the solicitation published on SAM.gov Tuesday, the GSA seeks to on-ramp new contractors, particularly small businesses, to the initial multiple award task order contract, or MATOC, which ...