For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was ...

June 11 (UPI) --A Rubik's cube enthusiast solved two of the puzzles in mid-air during his first-ever day of skydiving to break a Guinness World Record. Ishaan Hadkar, 24, who has been solving puzzle ...

It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

For years, Rutgers physicist David Shih solved Rubik's Cubes with his children, twisting the colorful squares until the scrambled puzzle returned to order. He didn't expect the toy to connect to his ...

The robot completed the puzzle in just 45.3 seconds, breaking its own record of 55 seconds made just moments earlier. By Mack DeGeurin Published Mar 12, 2026 1:04 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in ...

There’s something special about the gadget that “just works.” Technology can open opportunities for those devices but also complicate and weigh down products that have done just fine without things ...

In case you had any doubt, Elon Musk’s X has an algorithm that favors conservative content posted by political activists over liberal content or posts by traditional news media accounts, according to ...

Dylan Sadiq has been solving Rubik’s Cubes since he was 10 years old Dylan Sadiq | The College Cuber (2) When the world shut down in 2020, Dylan Sadiq found himself stuck at home with time on his ...

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 ...

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the move was a victory for transparency. "We know the algorithm is dumb and needs ...

In 2023, the website then known as Twitter partially open sourced its algorithm for the first time. In those days, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk had only recently acquired the platform, and he claimed ...