How to tweak your online platform algorithms

An easy way to do this is to go to Settings & privacy > Content preferences, and then open the “Unfollow people and groups” ...
Tech Times

How Recommendation Algorithms Shape What You Watch and Share: Streaming and Social Media Explained

Learn how recommendation algorithms, streaming recommendations, and social media algorithms use content recommendation ...
IEEE

Comparative Analysis of BFS, Dijkstra, and A* Pathfinding Algorithms in 2D Maze: A Time-Based Approach

Abstract: This paper presents a detailed comparison of three popular path-finding algorithms: BFS, Dijkstra’s algorithm, and A*, for solving 2D mazes. Path-finding is a widely studied problem in ...
Search Engine Land

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool could boost discovery for brands

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 ...
Medscape

First Omnipod 5 Algorithm Update Reflects User Requests

The US FDA has cleared the first updates to the algorithm of the Omnipod 5 automated insulin delivery (AID) system (Insulet Corporation) since its launch in 2022. Omnipod 5, the only tubing-free pump ...
NPR

New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility - A Gemini 3 Update?

I am seeing some signs of a Google search ranking update over the past day or so but the chatter is super limited right now. Many of the tools spike yesterday but like I said, the SEO community ...
techtimes

Instagram Introduces a Way to 'Tune' Algorithm on the Platform—First on Reels, Then Explore

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 ...
Nasdaq

Google Achieves First Verifiable Quantum Advantage With Quantum Echoes Algorithm

(RTTNews) - Google (GOOG) announced a major quantum computing breakthrough with its newly developed Quantum Echoes algorithm, marking the first-ever verifiable quantum advantage, where a quantum ...
Quanta Magazine

The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...
Wired

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

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 ...