X open sources its algorithm while facing a transparency fine and Grok controversies

In 2023, the website then known as Twitter partially open sourced its algorithm for the first time. In those days, Tesla ...
SportsNet New York

Trey Jemison III a prime example of Knicks player development program

Late last Thursday, Jalen Brunson added another clutch shot to his resume. Brunson hit a step-back 27-footer over Andrew Nembhard to give the short-handed Knicks a win at Indiana. Highlights of the ...
Wired

Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs

A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how. If you’re near Rochester, New York, the ...
NPR

New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...
komonews

Seattle and Everett organizations respond to potential SNAP program interruption

With much uncertainty about any potential gaps in SNAP payments, organizations across Western Washington are stepping up to make sure people don't go without food and other household needs. Two ...
The Daily Dot

“They’re programming you”: Twitter founder Jack Dorsey says social media algorithms aren’t serving you—they’re controlling you

Footage of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey warning social media users about what they become while scrolling resurfaced this week. His speech took place at the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024, where he ...
sharksmind

You Might Be Missing These AI Tools Shaping Everyday Life

Artificial intelligence is transforming how people live, work, and interact with technology. Explore how machine learning, neural networks, data privacy, and voice assistants are making life more ...
Yahoo

UCLA professor urges government to rethink on plans to end Energy Star: 'A rare example of a practical, nonpartisan program'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Energy Star, the Environmental Protection Agency program identifiable by the small blue logo with a star on many American ...
IEEE

A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm to the Program Optimization Model Based on a Heterogeneous Network

Abstract: Project construction and development are an important part of future army designs. In today's world, intelligent warfare and joint operations have become the dominant developments in warfare ...
BGR

Squid Game's Unnecessary Final Season Is Another Example Of Algorithms Trumping Art

There's a familiar TV discourse taking shape online right now, the kind that I suspect will look awfully familiar to you if you remember the way Game of Thrones crashed and burned in its eighth and ...
Frontiers

Deep learning outperforms existing algorithms in glacier surface velocity estimation with high-resolution data – the example of Austerdalsbreen, Norway

Remote sensing is a key tool to derive glacier surface velocities but existing mapping methods, such as cross-correlation techniques, can fail where surface properties change temporally or where large ...