Last month, Instagram began rolling out a new set of controls that allowed users to personalize the topics recommended to them by the Reels algorithm. Now, Meta is making that feature available to all ...

For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come ...

TL;DR: Although often labeled a "dark web" associated with criminal activity and illicit marketplaces, Tor is an invaluable tool for protecting online privacy. Developers are now working to make the ...

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The Portland City Council will vote as soon as next week on a proposed ban on the use of algorithms to set residential rents. Following a tense debate Wednesday, Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney ...

A woman sits behind a ring light and takes pictures of herself. Credit - Niklas Graeber—picture alliance via Getty Images “The camera eats first.” A decade ago, that phrase might have been a joke ...

FILE PHOTO: The TikTok app icon on a smartphone in this illustration created on October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) -French judicial authorities said on ...

Like humans, artificial intelligence learns by trial and error, but traditionally, it requires humans to set the ball rolling by designing the algorithms and rules that govern the learning process.

TikTok engages more than 170 million Americans with its endless scroll and viral content, but as a potential sale for the popular platform nears, experts are concerned about the future of the app's ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform and reshape our traditional workplaces, Aravind Srinivas, CEO of the AI search platform, Perplexity, has a direct message for the younger ...

Quantum computers promise enormous computational power, but the nature of quantum states makes computation and data inherently "noisy." Rice University computer scientists have developed algorithms ...

As more social media platforms revise their views on hashtags, TikTok has begun to warn frequent users who attempt to upload a video on the platform that they can only use up to five hashtags per post ...