Actor Ryan Reynolds told attendees at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Friday that he is not "MAGA" or "extreme anything," recalling a moment when he suggested swapping phones with a ...

Two years after the debut of its Quantum Safe Programme (QSP), Microsoft is moving steadily through the process of incorporating post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms into some of the ...

Social media has birthed an entire lexicon replicated by millions online — even if these words don’t actually mean skibidi. On today’s show, we talk to author Adam Aleksic about how TikTok and ...

Do you remember the early days of social media? The promise of connection, of democratic empowerment, of barriers crumbling and gates opening? In those heady days, the co-founder of Twitter said that ...

How do the algorithms that populate our social media feeds actually work? In a piece for Time Magazine excerpted from his recent book Robin Hood Math, Noah Giansiracusa sheds light on the algorithms ...

The impacts of social media algorithms are manifold: Algorithmically powered newsfeeds on social media threaten to destabilize countries and governments around the world, deeply impact mental health, ...

As social media platforms increasingly rely on algorithms to moderate content, online communities are changing how they speak to evade their censors. Sensitive or suggestive topics such as suicide and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A gun safety group’s lawsuit puts YouTube, Meta, and 4chan on trial. A gun safety group’s lawsuit puts YouTube, ...

One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

Social media algorithms are reshaping the landscape of journalism, presenting both challenges and opportunities for the future of news. This article explores the multifaceted impact of these ...