Music Ally

Deezer debuts ‘Flow Tuner’ to help listeners tune its algorithm

One of the trends of 2026 in social media and streaming alike seems to be ‘giving users more control of the recommendation algorithms’. How meaningful you think that control is depends on your level ...
CNET

TikTok Ordered to Change Algorithm Over 'Addictive Design,' or Face a Hefty Fine

The EU is threatening to take action against the social media company. It could be the start of a global reckoning. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...
KAKE.com

Schartz swinging with the best in the country as three-time U.S. National Junior Team member

WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita native Emerie Schartz is making major noise on the golf circuit, earning herself a spot among the best in the country "It's surreal sometimes to kind of look around and like, ...
The Washington Post

TikTok’s mental health ‘rabbit hole’? It’s not in your head.

TikTok’s algorithm favors mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and Taylor Swift, according to a Washington Post analysis. At first, the mental health-related videos ...
NPR

2 Senators want to hold big tech accountable for harms caused by algorithms

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...
Forbes

The Secret Life Of Algorithms

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...
GitHub

Suggestion: Improve docstring for DDA algorithm

I was reviewing the code for the DDA algorithm (found in graphics/digital_differential_analyzer_line.py). The current docstring is very minimal. It only says: Draws a ...
The Conversation

TikTok’s new owner puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.
MLive

Revised plan limits Downtown Development Authority’s expansion in Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials are considering a revised plan for expanding the Downtown Development Authority, taking a step back from recommendations presented in April. While the DDA ...
GitHub

Current component selection algorithm makes it impossible to reload a swappable storage battery with charge in a vehicle if empty ones are around

You cannot install a full/with charges swappable storage battery If there's any kind of empty storage battery of the same type around or in inventory. I would expect ...
The Conversation

As the status quo shifts, we’re becoming more forgiving when algorithms mess up

Hamza Tariq has received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council (NSERC) of Canada. University of Waterloo provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University ...