Luhn Algorithm: Verify Credit Card Numbers & Ensure Accuracy

Discover how the Luhn Algorithm verifies credit card accuracy, supports secure transactions, and helps prevent errors in inputting Social Security numbers.
Android Police

Instagram's new tool lets you put AI slop in check

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
KSL

Here's how 2 Utah lawmakers want to hold social media accountable for harmful algorithms

SALT LAKE CITY — A pair of Utah lawmakers in Washington are pushing to amend a nearly 30-year-old law governing online communications to hold technology companies accountable for harms caused by ...
Wired

The ‘Group 7’ Creator Still Doesn’t Know How She Hacked TikTok’s Algorithm

If you’ve been on TikTok in the past couple of weeks, you’ve probably noticed people posting about belonging to “Group 7.” The trend is actually an experiment by indie singer Sophia James, who ...
Quanta Magazine

The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

Want to fight misinformation? Teach people how algorithms work

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...
CNN

Stranded and injured, he drank his own urine to survive in the wild. Here’s how an American hiker made it home

As he tumbled down a steep cliff in Norway, Alec Luhn knew his life was in danger. “I remember thinking, ‘This is really bad. This is the start of the disaster movie,’” Luhn said in an interview with ...