New research shows that advances in technology could help make future supercomputers far more energy efficient. Neuromorphic computers are modeled after the structure of the human brain, and researche ...

A mysterious YouTube video that appears to have a runtime of over 140 years has gone viral, leaving millions of users ...

Cheap Trick has issued a statement in response to criticism they received for performing at last week's Kennedy Center Honors in support of Kiss. The Rockford, Illinois-based rockers paid tribute to ...

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 ...

You chose selected. Each dot here represents a single video about selected. While you’re on the app, TikTok tracks how you interact with videos. It monitors your watch time, the videos you like, the ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

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.

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

The trick-or-treating schedule has been changed in several places in the U.S., largely as a result of weather concerns. In most cases, trick-or-treaters will be able to still enjoy the holiday–just a ...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump looked smitten while handing out Halloween candy to children at the 2025 White House’s trick-or-treat event. Trump and the first lady did not dress ...

Happy Halloween! Hoosier parents and kids will go trick-or-treating tonight in dozens of small towns and big cities across Indiana. If that's you, be advised some trick or treat times have changed ...