TikTok Doesn’t Want Us To Talk About the News

Last week, Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism released its annual digital news report, which ...
J-Source

Behind the algorithm: How investigative journalists exposed Canada’s listeria oversight failure

When a deadly listeria outbreak swept across Canada in 2024, the initial headlines focused on recalls and rising case counts.
The Guardian

‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion

Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality – but the algorithm has made us all sheep. Meet the style rebels fighting back What are you into? What floats your boat? What ...
Digital Trends

You can now tell Instagram’s algorithm exactly what you want to see on your main feed

Your Algorithm shows you the topics the system thinks you care about most and lets you act on them. You can see the full list, add topics you want more of, and ditch the ones you do not. Right now, ...
GitHub

The Sound of Sorting - Visualization and "Audibilization" of Sorting Algorithms

Sorting algorithms are an essential chapter in undergraduate computer science education. Due to their easy to explain nature and fairly straight-forward analysis, this set of algorithms offers a ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Your brain explained: Why it's getting harder to pay attention

Without scrolling up, can you answer the questions below about what you just read? How did you do? Do you think you might have done better without those pesky interruptions? Research shows that ...
Privacy International

Transparency and explainability for algorithmic decisions at work

Privacy International's recommendations for improving transparency and explainability for algorithmic decisions at work, including concrete and detailed examples of ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI): What It Is, How It Works, Types, and Uses

Artificial intelligence technology allows computers and machines to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving ...
theregister

Dijkstra’s algorithm won’t be replaced in production routers any time soon

SYSTEMS APPROACH Last year a couple of people forwarded to me the same article on a new method of finding shortest paths in networks. Dijkstra is a legend in computer science and his algorithm, which ...
Ohio University

Convenient personalization or death of organic discovery? Streaming algorithms have reshaped how we listen to music

Whether it’s during a long drive, exercising or unwinding at home, sometimes you just want to hear your favorite tunes. Naturally, you shuffle through the songs you’ve taken the time to save, or “like ...
The New York Times

I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

new video loaded: I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain transcript “Our brains are being melted by the algorithm.” [MUSIC PLAYING] “Attention is infrastructure.” “Those algorithms are ...
The Verge

The algorithm failed music

Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ...