A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted him and stayed with him this year. A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted ...

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 ...

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When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, has arrived. The Life of a Showgirl, which marks Swift’s first major project after she completed the mammoth Eras stadium tour, has 12 songs, ...

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.

The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...

Sabrina Carpenter spoke out about the backlash to her new album cover for the first time — and she remains unbothered. An X user shared a photo of the Man’s Best Friend album art with the comment, ...

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