Trump’s EO 14409 confirmed adversaries are archiving your encrypted data for future quantum decryption. Here are 5 steps you ...

Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt suggested caution about using markdown as a solution for optimizing for AI search, saying that it needlessly complicates something that is essentially simple.

Why do algorithms keep showing us content we claim not to want? The answer isn’t manipulation—it’s conflict between our ...

In an art world increasingly shaped by digital visibility, artists and curators are navigating a paradox: the more they are encouraged to share, the harder it becomes to sustain a meaningful and ...

Cheap tricks, it seems, can only get you so far. Companies that are caught spamming risk being penalized in future search results, Lily Ray, who runs Algorythmic, an SEO consulting firm, told me.

The healthcare industry witnessed unprecedented digital disruption in September 2025 when Google's algorithm update sent shockwaves through medical websites nationwide. What started as routine ranking ...

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 ...

There’s No Algorithm for Human Connection in the Practice of Law Just as the biggest billboards and the firm with the most radio ads don’t win trials, technology alone doesn’t either. What ultimately ...

What's your favorite color? If you ask the algorithm, the answer is probably beige. The internet loves neutrals. Aesthetic coffee shop videos feature spots with white walls and minimalist decor.

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...

The Endless Thread team talks with food author and baker Ruby Tandoh about how online food culture is changing what we cook and eat. Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson report. This segment aired on ...