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 ...

A team of international physicists has brought Bayes’ centuries-old probability rule into the quantum world. By applying the “principle of minimum change” — updating beliefs as little as possible ...

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Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

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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 ...

Softcult, the duo of twin Toronto siblings Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn, earned Stereogum Band To Watch honors back in 2023. We've continued to watch them since then, and they have continued to crank ...

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David joined Raw Story in 2023 after nearly a decade of writing about the legal industry for Bloomberg Law. He is also a co-founder and a commissioning editor at Hypatia Press, a publisher that ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. There’s a stark contrast between influencing someone and ...