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#social-media
fromTODAY.com
1 day ago
Social media marketing

Is Social Media Fueling a Culture of Outrage? What the Studies Say

fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago
US politics

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox calls social media companies 'conflict entrepreneurs' that share blame for Charlie Kirk's death

US politics
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Utah governor blasts 'conflict entrepreneurs' and tech giants that 'hack our brains' after Charlie Kirk assassination | Fortune

Social media's dopamine-driven algorithms are fueling addiction, outrage, and interpersonal hatred, contributing to real-world violence and undermining public agency.
Science
fromHarvard Gazette
3 weeks ago

Our viral vocabulary - Harvard Gazette

Social media algorithms centralize content delivery and actively reshape language, communication styles, and cultural transmission by prioritizing platform-aligned expressions and formats.
fromTODAY.com
1 day ago
Social media marketing

Is Social Media Fueling a Culture of Outrage? What the Studies Say

fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago
US politics

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox calls social media companies 'conflict entrepreneurs' that share blame for Charlie Kirk's death

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
US politics

Utah governor blasts 'conflict entrepreneurs' and tech giants that 'hack our brains' after Charlie Kirk assassination | Fortune

Privacy professionals
fromDigital Trends
14 hours ago

Instagram 'swears' your phone doesn't listen to you to personalize ads

Instagram attributes personalized ads to in-app behavior, social connections, cookies, advertiser and broker data, and cross-platform activity — not device microphone listening.
LGBT
fromIndependent
22 hours ago

Jenny Maguire: Masculinity is being sold short online - we need to focus on the person, not the 'type'

Masculinity is distorted by algorithm-driven archetypes; individual nuance and lived experience, including hormone therapy, determine identity more than caricatured templates.
Philosophy
fromNature
4 days ago

Technology leaders should 'pay back' society to support the common good

Communication technologies and algorithms must be designed and used to preserve and promote the common good across physical and digital spheres.
Digital life
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

The Anti-Empathy Curriculum

Certain male-coded online spaces reward dominance, punish vulnerability, and combine social dynamics and algorithms to nudge some boys toward anti-empathy.
#data-structures
Science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 weeks ago

Skibidi' and Brain Rot' Are Part of Millennia-Old Patterns of Language Evolution

Algorithms and social media accelerate language change, producing novel words that follow historical linguistic patterns and serve important social functions.
Film
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

How philanthropist Wendy Schmidt is helping Alex Gibney tell stories that matters-and make sure people hear them.

Independent documentary filmmakers face growing distribution barriers from media consolidation and algorithmic curation, prompting philanthropic investment to preserve audience access.
fromScary Mommy
3 weeks ago

I'm Happily Married... So Why Can't I Stop Watching DivorceTok?

It's become a bit of an inevitability: I'll be scrolling social media at night, as one does, when I stumble upon a drama-filled reel about someone going through a divorce. Then the algorithm does its thing and, before I know it, I'm being served countless #DivorceTok videos. It doesn't matter that I'm happily married - I can't seem to scroll past one of these reels without staying tuned in until the end. Many of my friends report being served (and watching) the same things. Which begs the question: Why are happily married people obsessed with watching breakup content?
Relationships
#personalization
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

Crack Scala Interviews: 3 Questions Every Spark/Scala Engineer Should Know

When it comes to Scala interviews, the trick isn't just solving problems - it's solving them the Scala way.Interviewers are often less interested in whether you can code something and more curious about how you think, use language features, and write clean functional code. In this article, I'll walk through three interview-style Scala questions. Each question is designed to test a different dimension of your Scala skill set - from string manipulation to functional collections and stack-based problem solving.
Software development
Music
fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

Lizzo Says Algorithms Have Left Music Industry "In Shambles," Killed the "Song of the Summer"

Music industry fragmentation and algorithm-driven distribution have eroded centralized cultural moments like a universal Song of the Summer, altering artists' control and career strategies.
Ruby on Rails
fromRubyflow
1 month ago

dsa.rb: Practice core dsa in Ruby from the command line

The tool aids in mastering core algorithms through repetitive practice rather than exhaustive performance testing.
#time-complexity
fromMedium
1 month ago
Online learning

Understanding Time and Space Complexity (Part 1)-A Beginner's Guide to Analyzing Code Efficiency

fromMedium
1 month ago
Online learning

Understanding Time and Space Complexity (Part 1)-A Beginner's Guide to Analyzing Code Efficiency

fromMedium
1 month ago
Online learning

Understanding Time and Space Complexity (Part 1)-A Beginner's Guide to Analyzing Code Efficiency

fromMedium
1 month ago
Online learning

Understanding Time and Space Complexity (Part 1)-A Beginner's Guide to Analyzing Code Efficiency

fromMedium
1 month ago
Online learning

Understanding Time and Space Complexity (Part 1)-A Beginner's Guide to Analyzing Code Efficiency

fromMedium
1 month ago
Online learning

Understanding Time and Space Complexity (Part 1)-A Beginner's Guide to Analyzing Code Efficiency

US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Rising number of children viewing violent and degrading pornography online

Rising number of children accidentally encountering violent pornography necessitates urgent attention to harmful online content.
Digital life
fromMedium
1 month ago

Personalization vs Customization: the misunderstanding between the two

Customization involves user-driven adjustments, while personalization relies on algorithmic outputs.
#quantum-computing
fromWIRED
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra

Quantum computing currently faces challenges including excessive hype, primitive technology, and the need for new algorithms.
fromWIRED
5 months ago
OMG science

A New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class of Problems

Quantum computing algorithms are progressing, with new findings suggesting significant advantages over classical methods in optimization problems.
fromWIRED
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra

OMG science
fromWIRED
5 months ago

A New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class of Problems

Quantum computing algorithms are progressing, with new findings suggesting significant advantages over classical methods in optimization problems.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Mark Cuban said the Trump administration needs to crack down on ads in AI models

Mark Cuban advocates for making advertising in AI models illegal to prevent algorithm-driven revenue influence.
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

Teachers Are Revealing The Surge Of Misogynistic Behavior In Young Boys At School

"It's because the algorithms are designed to feed young boys alt-right/misogyny content. There have been many studies showing how the algorithm changes depending on age and gender, and how hard it is to deviate away from the alt-right info once you get it."
Social justice
fromFast Company
2 months ago

How the internet could be redesigned to promote collective care

As the internet has become more integrated in our daily lives, few would describe it as a place of love, compassion, and cooperation.
Digital life
Digital life
fromCornell Chronicle
2 months ago

Assistant professor Alex Conway wins SIAM Early Career Prize | Cornell Chronicle

Alex Conway won the 2025 Early Career Prize for his influential contributions to algorithms in data storage systems.
Science
fromWIRED
2 months ago

For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time

A new proof shows memory can be as powerful as extensive time in computation.
#internet-governance
Artificial intelligence
fromHackernoon
5 months ago

The Truth Algorithm: From Fire Circles to ChatGPT, a History of Thought Engineering | HackerNoon

Truth has always been shaped by algorithms, whether through ancient traditions or modern technology.
Node JS
fromGitHub
4 months ago

GitHub - AllThingsSmitty/javascript-algorithms: A list of popular JavaScript algorithms that you'll encounter in the real world.

The repository provides a wide range of JavaScript algorithms for both foundational learning and interview preparation.
Digital life
fromCreativeApplications.Net
4 months ago

Viral Infection - Knowledge transmission, reproduction, and evolution in a host

Viral Infection critiques technology's role in knowledge transmission and challenges autonomy amidst rising algorithmic influence.
OMG science
fromHackernoon
5 months ago

The 10 Weirdest, Most Brilliant Algorithms Ever Devised and What They Actually Do | HackerNoon

The Marching Cubes algorithm, invented in 1987, revolutionized 3D modeling from medical scans, saving millions of lives.
NYC real estate
fromSFGATE
4 months ago

9 States Are Suing Landlords Over Rent-Setting Algorithms

Algorithms may have contributed to rising rents through collusion among landlords using rental management software.
A lawsuit alleges that RealPage facilitated coordination of rental prices, harming renters and reducing competition.
Women in technology
fromKqed
5 months ago

AI Eavesdrops on Your Sleep in The Nightmarish 'Dream Hotel'

The novel explores the psychological impact of incarceration without due process in a future shaped by algorithms.
Sara, the protagonist, embodies complex human emotions and experiences within her unjust confinement.
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