If you are planning a trip through several cities and want to find the shortest route, you resort to algorithms, a well-defined sequence of deterministic operations. This article accompanies the ...

Social media platform X will open its new algorithm to the public in seven days, Elon Musk said on Saturday, including the code used to decide what posts and advertisements are recommended to users.

A day after the U.S. military toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump appeared to have his eyes trained on the next target for American intervention: Greenland. Since taking ...

Sebastien Lai, son of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, holds a sign outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, September 15, 2025. REUTERS A kangaroo court on Monday finally declared the great Jimmy ...

Lawmakers have struggled for years to regulate social media platforms in ways that tamp down misinformation and extremism. Much of the criticism has been aimed at algorithms that feed users more and ...

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

Algorithms online often push people toward frustration and irrational anger. Democrats Launch Investigation Into Trump’s ‘Theft’ Of $230 Million In Taxpayer Money You’re actually not allowed to keep ...

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