When Markiplier’s gaming streams or Emma Chamberlain’s coffee-soaked vlogs show up in your YouTube feed, it’s because these videos are algorithmically anointed. The YouTube algorithm delivers relevant ...

Part one explained the physics of quantum computing. This piece explains the target — how bitcoin's encryption works, why a ...

A compression algorithm like TurboQuant turns the data in the AI's working memory into a smaller, more efficient form.

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Noah Giansiracusa asks: How nutritious is your social media diet? Containing too much social media 'junk food,' he notes for Science News Explores, can have deleterious effects, and so individuals ...

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Google and Meta are enjoying a digital ad boom, as artificial intelligence automates marketing and drives record sales. By Tripp Mickle and Eli Tan European Union regulators said the company did not ...

Another hot summer is coming to the United States. Here’s how to be ready. By Adeel Hassan and Victor Mather Tens of millions of people across the Southwest and California are bracing for a heat wave ...