Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. One of the Java platform’s enduring strengths has always been its ecosystem. Since the early ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Something cool already started this May—palindrome dates! That’s right, a string of days that read the same backward and forward, creating a rare and magical moment on the calendar.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 10-day stretch in May is being called the palindrome dates due to the forward and backward pattern that takes shape. The palindrome dates are from May 20, 2025 to May 29, ...

It's time to go back to third grade and learn about palindromes again. Why? Because we're in the midst of the palindromic days of 2025. Palindrome is the term for when a word or phrase written forward ...

Tuesday was 5-20-25. Put that in reverse order, and it's 5-20-25. Welcome to palindrome week. A palindrome is a word, verse, sentence or number that reads the same backward or forward. So, words like ...

May already has its share of notable (and meme-able) entries on the calendar, but this year, the month gets a string of quirky dates. Tuesday, May 20, sees the first of 10 dates in a row that can be ...