The new Instagram feature reveals what the algorithm thinks you like and lets you adjust it, reshaping how content gets recommended on Reels. Instagram launched Your Algorithm in the U.S. today, a ...

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.

I am seeing some signs of a Google search ranking update over the past day or so but the chatter is super limited right now. Many of the tools spike yesterday but like I said, the SEO community ...

What Happened: This is pretty wild. There’s an AI-generated singer named Xania Monet who just became the first-ever artificial artist to land on multiple Billboard radio charts. We’re talking millions ...

Add a visualizer for the KMP (Knuth-Morris-Pratt) String Search algorithm. This is a cornerstone of string-matching algorithms, and this feature will help users understand its two-phase process: ...

The Seattle police and fire departments are searching for suspected arsonists connected to a string of fires set in and near the Central District and Mount Baker neighborhoods in the past week. The ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. 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 ...

People’s views are becoming more and more polarized, with “echo chambers”—social bubbles that reinforce existing beliefs—exacerbating differences in opinion. This divergence doesn’t just apply to ...

Researchers have used the jellyfish search algorithm to optimize solar PV distributed generation placement and sizing. They have tested the algorithm on an IEEE 33-bus system, with one, two, or three ...

Search optimization now requires combining traditional SEO with AI-focused GEO and answer-driven AEO strategies AI search usage continues to grow, with 10% of US consumers currently using generative ...

Once nearly invincible at the box office, the Jason Blum-led horror outfit is reassessing its tactics after enduring four major box office misses in a row this year. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film ...