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 ...

Four games over the course of Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday will limit the NFL DFS main slate on FanDuel and DraftKings, but there are still plenty of big names to consider on Sunday. Justin ...

There are no international games in Week 12, so 11 more NFL games are set for Sunday afternoon either in the 1 p.m. ET or 4:05/4:25 p.m. ET window. Those matchups comprise what is considered the main ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

The 2025 NFL season continues Sunday with 11 games in the afternoon making up the main slate for many DFS sites. Stars like Travis Kelce, Derrick Henry, Josh Allen and Ja'Marr Chase are some of the ...

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 NBA season is back. It is crazy, it seems like just a few weeks ago, the Thunder won the title. The NBA has one of the shorter offseasons, but that is more so true for the teams that go all the ...

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 ...

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.

Residents of downtown Los Angeles were recently shocked to discover a gigantic 20-foot python in a dumpster near an apartment complex. Locals originally thought the snake was fake, but further ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...