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.

Crack the code of Instagram’s 2026 algorithm with insider secrets and proven IG engagement tips to maximize your content’s reach and visibility. Pixabay, ALUREAN Instagram's algorithm has always been ...

Harrison Burns has been appointed chief strategy officer of Milwaukee-based Children’s Wisconsin. In his role, Mr. Burns will oversee long-term strategic planning and initiatives to strengthen the ...

In striking new statistics, experts warn of social media's growing grip on young people, with use among children and teens soaring by more than 200% since before COVID and showing no sign of decline.

When you're job hunting, AI bias may undermine your best efforts. Here's how older women can throw a wrench in the algorithm. As with almost any new technology, AI promises exciting new applications, ...

The president has stretched the limits of his powers to help those at the heart of his agenda, not the many in greatest need. By Tony Romm Reporting from Washington As the federal shutdown stretched ...

There’s a motto that the partners at Fight Agency, the strategy firm that represents New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani, take seriously. The campaign that’s having more fun is often the ...

Parenting isn’t something we should expect to “just know how to do.” It’s a skill—one that requires practice, patience and the humility to get things wrong. That’s the message clinical psychologist ...

Popular artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Meta AI are increasingly blurring the line between real-world and digital relationships by allowing romantic and sometimes sexual ...

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The chair of the House Select Committee on China said Thursday that a licensing agreement for use of the TikTok algorithm, as part of a deal by China-based ByteDance to ...