For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come ...

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

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 ...

The NFL may have finally figured out for the Philadelphia Eagles' Tush Push. In fact, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts might have admitted as much. For the second time this season, an opposing defense ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

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 ...

The Philadelphia Eagles' "Tush Push" play is facing increasing scrutiny and is likely to be banned by the NFL. During a recent game, a missed false start call on the Eagles' Tush Push highlighted the ...

Abstract: The push-relabel algorithm is an efficient algorithm that solves the maximum flow/minimum cut problems of its affinity to parallelization. As the size of graphs grows exponentially, ...

The tush push just died. The Philadelphia Eagles and anyone else can run it for the rest of the 2025 season all the way to the Super Bowl, but after this season, you'll never see it again. What ...

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 ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...