The New Yorker

The Death of Book World

In April of 2023, when I was fresh out of a Ph.D. program in philosophy, I was hired as the nonfiction critic at the newly revived books section of the Washington Post. The shock to my system was ...
collider

Netflix's Epic Western 'American Primeval' Replacement Series Creator Slams "Algorithm" Driven Streamer

Rohan Naahar is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He ...
The New York Times

Soylent Is Out. Food Pouches Are In.

It’s boom times for meal-replacement products that cater to the overwhelmed (and wellness-obsessed) millennial. But Soylent they are not. Aspirationally branded meal replacements — like salads you can ...
The Hill

FDA removing warnings from hormone replacement therapy products

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday the black box warning on women’s estrogen-based products for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) will be removed. “For ...
Ars Technica

Google claims to have quantum advantage with a potentially useful algorithm

Gotta love the quantum flux oscillation speak there. But it's not really Star Trek until they're reversing the polarity and shunting power through the EPS conduits to create that quantum flux ...
Business Insider

TikTok insiders and creators worry its powerful algorithm could lose its magic after a sale

TikTok's owner, ByteDance, is expected to sell its US business to a buyer consortium. The new owners will retrain TikTok's content-recommendation algorithm, the White House said. TikTok staffers and ...
techtimes

Facebook Reels Algorithm Will Suggest Videos You'll Like, Similar to TikTok's For You Page

Meta has revealed its latest plans to improve Facebook's experience which will start with how its algorithm works, particularly as the company has revealed that it will incorporate user controls and ...
The Conversation

TikTok’s new owner puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.
Yahoo

TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TikTok appears to be changing hands, but what that means for users is up in the air. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images ...
The Hill

Key Republican raises concerns about reported TikTok spinoff reliance on Chinese algorithm

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, raised concerns Wednesday about the ongoing reliance of a potential TikTok spinoff on an algorithm ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China

President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will speak Friday to finalize the TikTok deal amid high tensions over trade, tariffs and chips. Photo: Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The ...