China’s economic growth didn’t benefit Hu Anyan – but his exceptional literary talent did. His book about struggling to ...

Regularmaxxing is exactly what it sounds like: intentionally becoming a regular at a local café, pub, bookshop, bakery or neighbourhood haunt. Not for clout. Not for aesthetic content. Just for ...

Los Angeles is losing the family-run restaurants that carry its cultural stories. If Gen Z wants to protect the city’s identity, we need to support the places that keep those traditions alive.

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X may soon provide more insight into how its algorithm works. On Saturday, Elon Musk posted on the platform to say that the company "will make the new X algorithm, including all code used to determine ...

He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. is the Verge’s weekend editor.

Sweet Story” will screen at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, with the directors and other guests in attendance for post-screening Q&A.

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

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 ...

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 ...

Threads is testing a new way for users to manipulate their own recommendation algorithm. The feature, aptly called "Dear algo," allows users to post a message to the algorithm with the note "dear algo ...