Australia plans to force social media firms to enforce an "opt-out" feature for algorithm-based feeds. The proposed legislation will let users over the age of16 choose to see content only from people ...

Have you ever noticed a particular number appearing in your life over and over again? Perhaps every time you pass by a house, it seems to be number 222? Maybe your microwave always seems to be set to ...

This story is republished from STAT, the health and medicine news site that’s a partner to the Globe. Sign up for STAT’s free Morning Rounds newsletter here. A personalized cancer vaccine developed by ...

It's a common occurrence: You have your fully charged laptop plugged in before you, but your smartphone is seriously lagging behind. So, you unplug the charger from your laptop and use it with your ...

Toasted Apples might sound tasty, but they are a real problem in Jessa Jones’s repair shop. Jones has seen plenty of scorched devices in her 14 years running iPad Rehab Microsoldering repair service.

Elementary school students might memorize their times tables for single-digit numbers, but memorization won’t cut it when the teacher asks for three-digit multiplication. This requires an algorithm: ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. A Wall Street Journal article asked people to imagine what entertainment might look like twenty years from now. Some of the ...

For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was ...

It's a simple word that has developed a sinister connotation: algorithm. For many of us, algorithms help determine what we watch, read and listen to — in the process, confirming our tastes and biases, ...

As Pokemon cards continue to grow in popularity, fans are greeted by empty shelves more often than not. That has led many frustrated collectors to ask why The Pokemon Company doesn’t just print more ...

Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; photos courtesy of Jules Fennell, Rebecca Tauber, Sophia Mitropoulos for The Athletic NEW YORK — Most mornings, Sophia Mitropoulos, 30, sets off from her ...