The New York Times

Republicans Take Aim at ‘Industry Behind the Curtain’ of College Prices

In letters to consultants and the College Board, House and Senate Judiciary leaders invoked antitrust law and asked how student data feeds pricing algorithms. By Ron Lieber Ron Lieber welcomes ...
Marketplace

Export controls on TikTok's algorithm are unique but not unprecedented

Algorithms, which are just sets of instructions expressed in code, are harder to restrict than physical goods. But governments, including the U.S., have long tried to prevent their export. The ...
The New York Times

U.S.-Run TikTok to License Algorithm, White House Says

The change is part of a deal to bring TikTok under U.S. ownership to avert a looming ban. By Emmett Lindner and Lauren Hirsch The software giant Oracle will oversee the security of Americans’ data and ...
CNN

Trump says Larry Ellison, Michael Dell and Murdochs will be involved in TikTok deal

President Donald Trump on Sunday said tech and media giants Larry Ellison, Michael Dell, and Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch will be a part of the group to take over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition ...
Forbes

TikTok’s Algorithm And Board Will Be U.S.-Controlled In Deal With China, White House Says

TikTok’s algorithm and board of directors will be “controlled by America” as part of a deal reached with China earlier this week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Saturday, following ...
CNN

US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says

The United States will have control over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition of the social media platform’s US operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Saturday. “We are 100% ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AI in Schools? A Chinese Entrepreneur Is Betting on Algorithms As Teachers

On a scorching July afternoon in Shanghai, dozens of Chinese students hunch over tablet screens, engrossed in English, math and physics lessons. Algorithms track every keystroke, and the seconds spent ...
Wall Street Journal

Pam Bondi Needs a Free Speech Tutorial

Attorney General Pam Bondi pledges to go after "hate speech," saying there's no place for it after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. But that isn't U.S. law under the First Amendment, and Kirk himself ...
People

Kylie Jenner Calls Daughter Stormi 'Goose' as They Glam Up in Home Makeup Tutorial

The mom-and-daughter duo posted their makeup session on TikTok Kylie Jenner/Instagram (2) On Sunday, Sept. 14, Kylie Jenner, 28, posted a cute TikTok video of her doing her makeup with daughter Stormi ...
IEEE

A Tutorial on Distributed Optimization for Cooperative Robotics: From Setups and Algorithms to Toolboxes and Research Directions

Abstract: Several interesting problems in multirobot systems can be cast in the framework of distributed optimization. Examples include multirobot task allocation, vehicle routing, target protection, ...
New York Post

Desensitized, detached, disposable — the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death shows how living in our own algorithms is a recipe for dystopia

Charlie Kirk became one of the most powerful figures in politics because he did something extraordinary in today’s world. He went to college campuses and conversed with young people. Kirk debated ...