An easy way to do this is to go to Settings & privacy > Content preferences, and then open the “Unfollow people and groups” ...

Worse, the most recent CERN implementation of the FPGA-Based Level-1 Trigger planned for the 2026-2036 decade is a 650 kW system containing an incredibly high number of transistor, 20 trillion in all, ...

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 ...

Young people with fewer financial resources, especially boys, are the most exposed to advertising about how to make easy money. So confirms a pioneering study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), which ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

As I walked through Pocahontas Island — the oldest free Black community in the United States — on my 3,000-mile journey across America, I felt the weight of history and the hope of tomorrow. This walk ...

What’s happened? Instagram is testing a new feature that gives users more control over the type of content they see on the platform. Why is this important? Instagram’s algorithm plays a major role in ...

NEW YORK — The Yankees are heading into their final series of the regular season with a legitimate chance to win the American League East. It won’t be easy and they need some help to make it happen, ...

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 ...