A TikTok user’s esoteric comment created a confusing viral moment. By Madison Malone Kircher There’s a TikTok user who goes by Tamara who is marking 2026 using 365 buttons. How is Tamara doing that ...

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

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 ...

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 ...

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of George Floyd, has filed an appeal requesting a new trial. Chauvin submitted the filing last month ...

"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" child actor Floyd Roger Myers Jr. died Wednesday at the age of 42, his family announced. The actor’s sister, Tyree Trice, confirmed his death on a GoFundMe page set up to ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...

When I arrived in Minneapolis, the frost had just lifted, and gray clouds hung low over the horizon. I had come to make a pilgrimage to George Floyd Square, where the revolution of 2020 began. It has ...

CAME TOGETHER TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF GEORGE FLOYD ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS BIRTHDAY. THEY SAY THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS FACING VIOLENCE AND NEGLECT. THIS GROUP SAYS IT’S A ...

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 ...

During the summer of 2020, when protests convulsed cities around the world, one of the most striking scenes took place outside a library in a wealthy Maryland suburb. Eight days after George Floyd was ...