A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. TikTok has reached a deal that will allow it to keep operating in the United States, with a majority American-owned joint ...

[Sketchiest Guy in the World Voice] Hey kid, wanna see the X algorithm? It’s right over here. No really, Elon Musk appears to be partly making good on his promise about a week ago to open up the X ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Twitter reworking billionaire Elon Musk has stated that he will open up a new algorithm related to operations on ...

He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. is the Verge’s weekend editor.

Google launched four official and confirmed algorithmic updates in 2025, three core updates and one spam update. This is in comparison to last year, in 2024, where we had seven confirmed updates, then ...

In just a few years, TikTok has gone from a niche lip-syncing app to one of the most powerful social media platforms in the world. From viral dance routines to comedic skits, food hacks, and global ...

Instagram is back with a new feature that will allow users to "tune" their algorithm to only display the content they prefer to see, which will be first made available to Reels. The feature is still ...

Researchers from Google Quantum AI report that their quantum processor, Willow, ran an algorithm for a quantum computer that solved a complex physics problem thousands of times faster than the world's ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. 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 ...