Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

TikTok’s algorithm favors mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and Taylor Swift, according to a Washington Post analysis. At first, the mental health-related videos ...

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 ...

Instagram is rolling out a new update that addresses a long-standing frustration among users. The Reels algorithm is finally becoming more transparent and customizable. Users can now manually select ...

Popular food delivery service Instacart has been using a shady algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same grocery items in the same supermarkets without telling them, ...

While accepting the Magnify Award at IndieWire Honors, "Come See Me in the Good Light" director Ryan White commended Apple TV for acquiring his unique film in one of the most difficult times ever for ...

Discover five overlooked Netflix family sitcoms that slipped under the algorithm’s radar. From chaotic comedy to heartfelt feel-good moments, this list brings back the hidden gems you forgot to stream ...

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other’s moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...

Certain moments in a marketing career have a way of distilling years of experience into a single, essential lesson. For me, that moment came during my time at PepsiCo, when I saw firsthand how a brand ...

Last week, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi’s remarkably swift media rehabilitation, and the response surprised me. That column argued that modern media rewards spectacle over substance, but it also hinted ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...