Instagram, at three billion users, wants to let you change your algorithm

Instagram says it has surpassed the milestone of 3 billion monthly active users, with the photo and video platform reporting ...

TikTok insiders and creators worry its powerful algorithm could lose its magic after a sale

As TikTok prepares to sell its US business, employees, creators, and researchers wonder about the future of its content ...
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Social media algorithms under scrutiny after Charlie Kirk's assassination

WASHINGTON (TNND) — In the aftermath of political activist Charlie Kirk's assassination, bipartisan concerns have emerged over the role of social media algorithms in fostering division and anger among ...
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New Sorting Algorithm Breakthrough is Better than Dijkstra

There is a new sorting algorithm a deterministic O(m log2/3 n)-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition ...

The real danger of AI in education isn't cheating — it's dependency on Big Tech algorithms, a business professor warns

A business professor warned AI is eroding students' critical thinking and could give Big Tech control over knowledge, unless ...