Instagram will start testing a new algorithm that will choose what content we see first. Tech journalist Kurt Wagner explains what an algorithm does, and why users might not be so happy about it. And ...

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If you’re a Wordle junkie, you probably spend some time searching for ways to better your word choice. The popular online game forces users to guess a common, five-letter word in up to six tries. A ...

Word lists are the basis of so much research in so many fields. Researchers have now developed an algorithm that can be applied to different languages and can expand word lists significantly better ...

"My hope is that ‘Oppenheimer’ and similar projects are not considered anomalies, that we stop translating creative experience into diagrams." Emily Blunt doesn’t want any mathematical equation to ...

Algorithms, algorithms, algorithms. Word on the street is that Instagram is shifting its content feed to ensure that viewers see the content they’re really interested in. Other social media networks ...

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." This opening verse from the Gospel of John alludes to the unique power of language and communication. As we enter the ...

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