Meta's child-safety failures will cost it another $567 million
The company must also limit screen time, restrict notifications, and strengthen age checks
Why Gen Z is falling in love with film photography – and rejecting the algorithm along with it
Film photography is experiencing a resurrection, summoned by unlikely conjurers: Gen Z
Ransomware groups are using "post-quantum" hype to intimidate victims
Quantum-resistant ransomware may be more marketing stunt than cryptographic leap
Meta goes to trial over alleged child exploitation on Facebook and Instagram
New Mexico state prosecutors accuse Meta of ignoring internal warnings about harm to young users
Big Tech is finally on trial for how it built its algorithms
A teen is suing Meta, TikTok, and YouTube over algorithmic harm – and thousands more cases are waiting
Why it matters: When jurors in Los Angeles walk into a courtroom this week, they'll confront a question technology companies have long sidestepped: can a line of code, an algorithmic feed, or a design pattern cause psychological harm? The case, K.G.M. v. Meta et al., marks the first personal-injury trial to test whether social media platforms themselves – not just the people who use them – bear responsibility for the mental-health fallout of the digital age.
Elon Musk promises to open-source X's algorithm in the next few days
X has made similar transparency pledges before, with mixed results
Instagram Reels went from TikTok clone to a $50 billion business for Meta
Video has become Meta's biggest growth engine
Google claims quantum breakthrough as Willow chip runs algorithm 13,000× faster than supercomputers
Pushing quantum computing into practical territory
The quantum computing race is moving beyond hardware to focus on software
New algorithms push quantum progress
Delta denies using AI to set personalized ticket prices
The airline says prices are determined by competition, route demand, and advance purchase timing
UK government developing homicide prediction algorithm to identify potential violent offenders
Civil liberties group claims victims are also being profiled
Perplexity still wants to buy TikTok, vows to rebuild algorithm and add community notes
It proposes to open-source the "For you" recommendation system
EU demands information on content algorithms from YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok
They have barely six weeks to comply
New camera-based system can detect alcohol impairment in drivers by checking their faces
Resting drunk face
In brief: Glassy eyes, drooping eyelids, a slack jaw: these are all signs that someone might have had one drink too many. It's often obvious when someone is drunk just by looking at their face, and interior vehicle cameras could eventually use these tell-tale signs to help prevent drink-driving incidents.
TikTok denies report it is cloning its algorithm, potentially for a US-only version of the app
Is ByteDance just playing its cards close to its chest?
Sun Microsystems co-founder supports forced TikTok sale, calls it China's "programmable fentanyl"
"Spinach for Chinese kids, fentanyl - another chief export of China's - for ours"
A hot potato: Joining the list of people who support the US government's attempt to force ByteDance into diversifying TikTok is Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla. The OpenAI backer didn't hold back when talking about the popular short-form video platform, noting that it could be weaponized by a foreign adversary. He also called the app programmable fentanyl whose effects are under the control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm
Google launched a lawsuit against a scammer last year
UnitedHealthcare accused of using AI that denies critical medical care coverage
(Allegedly) putting profit before patients? What a shock.
Ever Wonder How the Shazam Algorithm Works?
Your phone's ability to identify any song it listens to is pure technological magic. In this article, we'll show you how the ever popular Shazam app does it.
FTC accuses Amazon of manipulating prices using a secret algorithm that made it $1 billion
Part of the Commission's anticompetitive lawsuit against the tech giant
Study shows YouTube is recommending gun videos to young gamers
Google has spent years trying to fix YouTube's algorithm
ECAT is Europe's new initiative to investigate the black box of online algorithms
What just happened? The European Union has unveiled its latest regulatory initiative, a watchdog organization designed to bringing a new level of transparency to "very big" IT companies and their often mysterious algorithmic applications.
Explainer: What is SSD Trimming?
SSD trimming is a process that helps to maintain the performance of a solid-state drive over time. Windows and other operating systems optimize SSDs by using trimming. But what exactly is it and how does it work? Read our explainer on everything trim related!
Newly developed algorithm able to predict crime a week in advance with 90% accuracy
"Where's my minority report?"
