The thing is, any feed or search result is “algorithmic.” “Just show me the things posted by people I follow in reverse-chronological order” is an algorithm. “Just show me products that have this SKU”
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Three Nasa astronauts who were taken to a Florida hospital after returning to Earth from the International Space Station two weeks ago told reporters on Friday that they were all in good health follow
In this article GOOGLMSFT Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Udit Kulshrestha and David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft took the unusual step Monday of publicly
Today we have something a little different from Gareth Edwards, who typically chronicles the forgotten history of Silicon Valley in his column, The Crazy Ones. When the British government announced la
The US government may ask a judge to force the breakup of Google’s business as it attempts to challenge the tech corporation’s monopoly over the internet search market. The Department of Justice has f
Companies Bytedance Ltd TikTok KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Social media platform TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees from its global workforce, including a large number of staff in Malaysi
European scientists are preparing to launch a space mission that has been designed to create total eclipses of the sun on demand. The robot spacecraft Proba-3 will be launched by the European Space Ag
There are currently 13 sectors listed as critical national infrastructure in the UK. The list was last updated nine years ago, when space and defence were added. The previous government launched a con
Getty Images Last Tuesday, loads of Linux users—many running packages released as early as this year—started reporting their devices were failing to boot. Instead, they received a cryptic error messag
Banks, airports, TV stations, hotels, and countless other businesses are all facing widespread IT outages, leaving flights grounded and causing widespread disruption, after Windows machines have displ
Microsoft, which hosts cloud services with businesses and governments, said it was grappling with service outages after a glitch triggered by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Ma
IT outages have been reported across the globe as airlines, airports, banks and media companies have suddenly experienced ongoing disruptions that have upended the daily lives of potentially millions
New York state took novel legislative steps on Friday to limit children’s exposure to computer algorithmic social media feeds, passing two laws to protect children from social media content and to pro
In this article BRK.A Traders and floor officials react to technical issues on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on June 3, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A technical issue on Monday caused t
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The Federal Communications Commission made its official vote Thursday to reinstate net neutrality, which bars broadband providers from slowing or even blocking internet traffic to some sites while imp
Image Credits: Tesla Tesla is laying off thousands of employees as it tries to simultaneously cut costs and boost productivity, according to an internal email sent to staff by CEO Elon Musk, Electrek
Elon Musk has reversed one of his most notorious decisions since taking over X, the social network better known as Twitter, and started bestowing blue ticks on the site’s most-followed users – whether
Is your iPhone leaking personal information to [+][-] strangers? SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Since updating the iPhone’s operating system to iOS 17.2 in December 2023, have users of one p
Updated February 15, 2024 | Comments (46) | Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu (Getty Images) Thousands of people lined up outside Apple Stores on Feb. 2 to see the Vision Pro’s stunning debut, but dissatis
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App developers in the European Union who choose to opt in to Apple's new business terms must pay an €0.50 "Core Technology Fee" or CTF for every app install over one million installs, a model that has
Some have asked me how I feel about Substack's recent decision to ban five (5) no-name Nazi newsletters and then say "see? we're doing what you asked! And you screeching leftists are making a big fuss
Exclusive Broadcom is tossing the majority of VMware's Cloud Services Providers as part of its shakeup of the virtualization pioneer's partner programs, say sources, leaving customers unclear who thei
Just over a year ago, we announced our intention to leave the cloud. We then shared our complete $3.2 million cloud budget for 2022, and the fact that we were going to build our own tooling rather tha
The U.S. government has stopped warning some social networks about foreign disinformation campaigns on their platforms, reversing a years-long approach to preventing Russia and other actors from inter
Facebook parent company Meta began handing out a new round of pink slips Wednesday, part of a months-long downsizing and restructuring effort that will trim 10,000 employees amid multiple waves of lay
Adobe Reddit Adobe could face hefty fines related to its overly difficult and costly subscription cancellation practices due to an ongoing Federal Trade Commission Probe. On its quarterly financial ca
Google chief legal officer Kent Walker. Photo By Alex Zea/Europa Press via Getty Images Judge James Donato is overseeing Epic v. Google, a case that could determine the future of the Android app store
Meta pins hopes on SCOTUS decision Meta filed its lawsuit two days after a US District Court ruling that went against the company. Judge Timothy Kelly denied Meta's motion to block the FTC proceedings
Sam Altman. OpenAI Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday. “Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was
Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 6th, 2023. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent
In March, we shared our vision of a new future of software development with Copilot X, where AI infuses every step of the developer lifecycle. Since then, we’ve been working to scale and mature the un
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Washington Post reported Friday that Reddit might cut off Google and force users to log in to Reddit itself to read anything, if it can’t reach deals with g
So you probably wake up every morning asking yourself three of life’s most pertinent questions- how do I build a streaming SQL engine, what even is a streaming SQL engine, and can our Lord drop tables
In April, NPR left Twitter after Elon Musk labeled the outlet as "U.S. state-affiliated media." Six months later, the effects have been negligible Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via AP Images A lot of people t
A hacker is offering to sell records identifying names, locations and ethnicities of potentially millions of customers of genetic testing company 23andMe, beginning by touting a batch that would conta
By now, you may have heard about Elon Musk's handpicked CEO for X, Linda Yaccarino, and her disastrous interview with CNBC's Julia Boorstin at Vox Media's Code 2023 event. However, somewhat overlooked
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