After a full year of hectic news, original trends and nonstop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word: “slop.” On Dec. 15, Merriam-Webster announced “slop” as the 2025 Word of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are pushing to pass a bill that would require Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to release the full video. 'First Amendment win': Judge sides with expelled student ‘Depart ...

It was quite a shocker to hear Jensen Huang saying that China “will win” the AI race at the recent FT Future of AI Summit. While Mr. Huang has since softened his stance by remarking that China is ...

Abstract: Quantum walk-based search algorithms have demonstrated an asymptotic quadratic speedup compared to classical search methods. Formulating a generic search problem as a (quantum) search over a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said late Friday that the tech company would also explore a revenue share with rightsholders. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor OpenAI is taking steps to walk back the flood of ...