News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?

News outlets want readers – and big tech – to pay for their content. But blocking the Internet Archive will leave major holes in the public record of the web.
Yahoo

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TikTok is on track to change hands, but what that means for users is up in the air. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Chinese ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Algorithms of misperception: Managing nuclear risk in an AI world

It’s July 2025. After a week of building tensions between Russia and the United States, following what seems to be a failed meeting between Trump and Putin in Anchorage, Donald Trump posts an oddly ...
KMA Land

Page County board backs bidding process for courthouse roof, clock tower replacement

(Clarinda) -- Page County officials have backed plans for bidding out the county courthouse roof replacement project. At its regular meeting late Tuesday afternoon, the Page County Board of ...
Medicine Buffalo

Design Safe and Efficient Algorithms for AI-Embodiments

This project has reached full capacity for the current term. Please check back next semester for updates. Fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, various AI embodiments, such as autonomous ...
Ars Technica

RealPage agrees to change algorithm so landlords can’t collude on price hikes

This isn't about "animal rights", this is about the rights of people to live lives with the companions they wish, and that includes pets. There is no rational reason to deny someone the right to have ...
Local News 8

‘Bugonia’ took Emma Stone – and her algorithm – to some pretty weird places

(CNN) — Emma Stone’s algorithm is playing up again. The two-time Academy Award winner reported in May that she was being fed a load of “crazy sh*t” online since researching her part as a woman swept ...
Newsweek

MLB Just Turned Back Clock With Excellent World Series Decision

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers will fight for the right to raise the Commissioner's Trophy in the 2025 World Series. The teams will take the field Friday night in Toronto surrounded ...
Ars Technica

Google claims to have quantum advantage with a potentially useful algorithm

Gotta love the quantum flux oscillation speak there. But it's not really Star Trek until they're reversing the polarity and shunting power through the EPS conduits to create that quantum flux ...
Business Insider

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

TikTok's owner, ByteDance, is expected to sell its US business to a buyer consortium. The new owners will retrain TikTok's content-recommendation algorithm, the White House said. TikTok staffers and ...
The New York Times

Watches and Clocks

Now in its 10th year, the Windup Watch Fair has become a go-to destination for independent brands and watch enthusiasts, with nary a Rolex in sight. By Scott Cacciola Piaget’s new timepiece has a Pop ...