How Good-Loop Has Turned Advertising Into A Force For Good

There is a familiar choreography to digital advertising. A brand pays for attention. A consumer looks for the skip button. Everyone acts as if this is normal. Amy Williams, founder and CEO of ...

Quantum computing meets the Möbius molecule

This, in turn, altered the configuration of the orbitals to achieve the half-Möbius configuration that the researchers were ...
C&EN

New AI agent is ‘a paradigm shift’ for COF synthesis

The large language model automates literature search, synthesis, and structural analysis to speed up materials discovery and ...
The New York Times

The Trade Statutes Trump Will Use to Keep Imposing Tariffs

The Supreme Court ruling is a blow, but the administration has other trade tools at its disposal. By Tony Romm and Ana Swanson Friday’s Supreme Court ruling eliminated President Trump’s preferred tool ...
The Conversation

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right‑wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly

Timothy Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the Discovery Project, 'Understanding and Combatting "Dark Political Communication"'. A new study published today in ...
IEEE

Constrained Articulated Body Algorithms for Closed-Loop Mechanisms

Abstract: Efficient rigid-body dynamics algorithms are instrumental in enabling high-frequency dynamics evaluation for resource-intensive applications (e.g., model-predictive control, large-scale ...
Engadget

X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...
Newsweek

US TikTok Deal Could Change Your Algorithm

TikTok has reached a deal that will allow it to keep operating in the United States, with a majority American-owned joint venture, but the terms could change the algorithm for users in the U.S. The ...
Mashable

Why the algorithm serves you wedding content when you just got divorced

Long before social media feeds or targeted ads, my mother used to say that life tends to show you the thing you're looking for. Or the thing you're afraid of. Or the thing you keep insisting you don't ...
Business Insider

Elon Musk says X's algorithm is 'dumb' and 'needs massive improvements' as he open-sources recommendation system

X is revamping the algorithm that ranks posts in the "For You" feed. The engineering team said it will post changes to the algorithm on GitHub every four weeks, including explainers on changes. The ...
techtimes

Instagram Reels: 'Build Your 2026 Algorithm' Now Live in Regions Using English as Default Language

Meta has now rolled out the "Build Your 2026 Algorithm" feature for Instagram Reels to allow users use it to personalize their feeds. Instagram Reels 'Build Your 2026 Algorithm' Now Live After a test ...