People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

Can a dose of old-fashioned matchmaking sell a destination? Singapore’s tourism board is betting it might, inviting US-based singles to be paired by “aunties” for a chance to win a four-night trip in ...

Excitement around AI has driven huge stock market gains over the past few years, but there’s growing worry that the good times may not last. Some investors worry we could be nearing an AI crash ...

Katharine Jarmul keynotes on common myths around privacy and security in AI and explores what the realities are, covering design patterns that help build more secure, more private AI systems.

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“To use the feature in a public post, type ‘Dear Algo’ and then a description of what you want Threads’ algorithm to show you more of. Once you make your request, the change will stick for three days ...

You know how sometimes you fall down an internet rabbit hole and end up somewhere totally nonsensical? That’s basically where ...

We constructed a super pangenome for the tomato, incorporating 20 newly assembled telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genomes and 27 previously published genomes. This comprehensive, genus-wide resource ...

Western society is, we're told, an increasingly overweight one. Depending on how we define 'overweight', it seems that between 30% and 50% of American adults are overweight. The situation isn't much ...

About 4 hours ago (3PM Boston time) the FSF doubled down on something that we noticed (then other sites cited us for) back in January. The FSF, after years of not mentioning the talks of its founder, ...