Urban heat islands are a solvable data problem: this piece shows how to combine free satellite imagery, standard ...

Anika Wells says social media companies should offer option to switch off algorithms Australians would be able to switch off social media algorithms under draft legislation to be proposed this week.

Social media platforms could be forced to give users in Australia an option to turn off “powerful” algorithms under draft laws to be unveiled by the government this week, Communications Minister Anika ...

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Troy,” the Season 3 finale of “Silo,” now streaming on Apple TV. In the Season 3 finale of Apple TV’s “Silo,” an amnesia-stricken Juliette (Rebecca ...

Fruit flies aren’t exactly famous for their brainpower; you’ve probably drowned more than one in a wine glass left too long on the patio table. And yet, working with roughly 140,000 neurons—a brain ...

X is significantly expanding its open source codebase, which includes the app’s “For You” algorithm and its core ranking engine, and adding a feature that will let users see if their account or posts ...

USC Viterbi analytics students are creating a new, comprehensive database so the USC Trojans football team can better access the insights needed to win on the gridiron. Every football game generates ...

A quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm that was under consideration as an official US standard has been taken out of the running after an Anthropic security model helped find a flaw that rendered ...

A coming-of-age story set in a nursing home challenges assumptions about aging while celebrating the power of friendship and hope. Playwright Ali Viterbi's play "The World to Come" received its world ...

X has discovered a bold new strategy for making social media feel social again. It’s going to show your posts more often to people you actually know. According to X product head Nikita Bier, the ...

Teenagers want a greater voice in the design and governance of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, according to new research led by University College Dublin. Rather than passive victims ...