ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

(THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S. investors. President Donald Trump announced a ...

A third path to explain consciousness: Biological computationalism

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

Luhn Algorithm: Verify Credit Card Numbers & Ensure Accuracy

Discover how the Luhn Algorithm verifies credit card accuracy, supports secure transactions, and helps prevent errors in inputting Social Security numbers.
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The Atom and the Algorithm: Nuclear Energy and AI are Converging to Shape the Future

Distinguished delegates, colleagues and friends, Writers and futurists have long echoed Alvin and Heidi Toffler’s idea that “the future arrives too fast…and in the wrong order.” Today, we know, the ...
The Washington Post

Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal.

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 ...

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors

TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. business to three American investors, ensuring the popular social video platform ...
The Courier-Mail

Activist Chanel Contos urges 'opt-in' approach to algorithms as key next step to protect children

Teach Us Consent chief executive Chanel Contos said an algorithm opt-in would “keep the momentum going” in the wake of the federal government’s world-first social media ban for children aged under 16, ...