For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come ...

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.

Instagram is back with a new feature that will allow users to "tune" their algorithm to only display the content they prefer to see, which will be first made available to Reels. The feature is still ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...

LinkedIn support accidentally revealed its algorithm: it tracks "viewer tolerance," reducing visibility for authors whose posts are consistently ignored. To succeed, diversify content types weekly, ...

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 ...

Marc-Andre Fleury is officially retired. Just ignore that final trip down memory lane. After the goaltender’s final appearance for the Wild and then one last hurrah with Team Canada at the World ...

Marc-Andre Fleury’s farewell exhibition with the Pittsburgh Penguins may not close the door on his playing career after all. Fleury, 40, retired in May after 21 seasons and 575 career wins, ranking ...

PITTSBURGH — Returning to Pittsburgh for one final farewell just felt right for Marc-Andre Fleury. Fleury stopped all eight shots he faced during the third period of his final game with the Pittsburgh ...

I MEAN, I’M PROBABLY GOING TO BE CRYING MY EYES OUT A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL FOR ME TONIGHT. I FEEL LIKE I’M GOING TO CRY. THAT’S LIKE ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. A NIGHT FULL OF EMOTIONS ...

PITTSBURGH — When I first heard about the Marc-Andre Fleury reunion plans, I will admit, I was a little skeptical. It felt a bit forced, maybe a bit over the top. I couldn’t have been more wrong. The ...