As Facebook shapes our access to information, Twitter dictates public opinion and Tinder influences our dating decisions, the algorithms we’ve developed to help us navigate choice are now actively ...

A new thread is now controversial on Twitter because it talks about an "algorithm hack," one where it can help boost one's visibility and reach factor significantly by going private. This caught the ...

In today’s world of the internet and social media, content is produced at an overwhelming rate. In a single day, there are 4.75 million items shared by Facebook users each day, 95 million photos and ...

“My freshman and sophomore year I was the only student in the whole school with a headscarf,” says Ayah Abdul, a senior at a performing arts high school in New York City. “I’m still the only student ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Okay, raise your hand if your dating app profile hasn’t been updated in a hottt minute. (Like, your ...

Everyone loves a good hack. Admit it, you know you do. But some love a good hack more than most: us marketers. Our constant pursuit of eyeballs, engagement and that all-important ROI for our clients ...

Recently, I’d started to believe that a decent number of my friends were blithely unaware of the social rules that dictate proper behavior on Instagram. As in, if you like a photo of mine from three ...

Why do you blog? You want your content to be discovered and read by as many people as possible, right? But often your reach is limited. You’re limited by the size of your existing audience. Every day, ...

An Atari-playing artificial intelligence created by researchers at the University of Freiburg in Germany has discovered a never-before-seen bug in the classic game Qbert. Using an inexplicable and ...

Fear of the unknown can be overwhelming. But thinking of your anxiety as an algorithm—just like your immune system—can yield some valuable insights, writes Hipmunk’s ex-CEO and Y Combinator visiting ...