Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy was ruled out of Sunday's 16-13 win over the Giants due to a right hand injury. McCarthy appeared to suffer the injury after getting strip-sacked by Brian ...

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 ...

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.

A Porsche captured while cruising — timeless design, balanced motion, and driving emotion. A closer look at how elegance and performance meet in every mile of Porsche life. Biggest landowner in ...

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 ...

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.

Riot Fest 2025 got a double dose of Jack White. On Sunday, the musician made a surprise appearance during Idles‘ top-billed set, which came just before closers Green Day, for a special performance of ...

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 ...

Jessie J is assuring fans that she's taking the necessary time to rest following a recent surgery and subsequent hospitalization. While some might think she's "hanging on by a thread," which, she ...

NPR's Adrian Ma talks to Adam Aleksic about his new book, "Algospeak," which looks at how algorithms and online creators are affecting the way people speak offline. One of the beautiful and sometimes ...