Spotify is testing a new AI feature that lets you create personalized playlists based on a detailed prompt and your listening ...

The Prompted Playlist feature is part of a broader effort underway at the Swedish streaming giant to rethink what listeners ...

Instagram is adding a new tool that gives you more control over your Reels algorithm. The goal is to make what you see feel ...

The biggest lesson I’ve learned about working with social media algorithms is that you can’t chase the system; you have to ...

I was halfway through a master’s in Computer Science when my vision changed. I was working as a data scientist during my summer off from school, and I had friends who said things like “I’m at a local ...

The global supply chain, the invisible engine propelling our interconnected world, is a tightrope that is perpetually teetering on the edge of disruption. Inflation, geopolitical tensions, ...

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have struggled to tamp down online misinformation and extremism. The latest effort, from Sens. Mark ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

When Elon Musk first proposed taking over Twitter, one the first changes he claimed he'd make would be “open-sourcing” Twitter’s algorithm. Last week, Twitter finally followed through on that promise, ...

When someone walks into an emergency room with symptoms of a stroke, every second matters. But today, diagnosing the type of ...