The new Instagram feature reveals what the algorithm thinks you like and lets you adjust it, reshaping how content gets recommended on Reels. Instagram launched Your Algorithm in the U.S. today, a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Nate Pearson throws in a game for the Cubs in Japan in March. Kenta Harada / Getty Images HOUSTON — In search of reinforcements for their starting rotation, the Houston Astros are first hoping to fine ...

Pushed to the brink of extinction by a pandemic, humanity’s last hope lies in a deep-sea facility. But when a werewolf infiltrates the crew, the brilliant scientists are thrust into a deadly game of ...

The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...

Pope Leo XIV shared his thoughts on Donald Trump and how the Catholic Church’s first American pontiff might work with the president in his first in-depth interview since his election to the papacy in ...

An opening game and a week of practice brought upon no major lineup shuffles for Air Force football. At least none the Falcons are revealing at this point. The only differences among starters on the ...

We are now less than a week from the Minnesota Vikings opening up their 2025 regular season against the Chicago Bears. It’s a primetime matchup fit for the debut of new quarterback J.J. McCarthy. Adam ...

Iowa running back Jaziun Patterson runs a route out of the backfield during a practice in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, ahead of the Music City Bowl. (John Steppe/The Gazette) Buy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kian Bakhtiari writes about Gen-Z marketing and social impact. The transition from broadcast media, intended to reach the masses, ...

Kentucky football’s supposed preseason quarterback battle ended exactly as expected. Former Texas A&M, Auburn and Incarnate Word quarterback Zach Calzada will start the 2025 season opener for Kentucky ...

People’s views are becoming more and more polarized, with “echo chambers”—social bubbles that reinforce existing beliefs—exacerbating differences in opinion. This divergence doesn’t just apply to ...