TechCrunch

Facebook updates its algorithm to give users more control over which videos they see

Meta announced on Tuesday a new Facebook algorithm update that will showcase more Reels videos tailored to users’ preferences. The update includes features that offer users greater control over the ...
FiercePharma

OXB kicks off US expansion, buying viral vector plant in N.C. from National Resilience for $4.5M

Less than two months after OXB revealed an equity raise of 60 million pounds sterling ($81 million) as part a plan to expand its operations in the U.S., the U.K.-based cell and gene therapy ...
KTLA

Long-distance swimmer bitten by shark off California coast

A man was bitten by a shark during a popular long-distance channel swim from Catalina Island to the mainland early Tuesday morning. The 50 to 55-year-old swimmer was about 12 miles off Catalina Island ...
Forbes

The Humble Origins Of TikTok’s Almighty Algorithm

An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, twentysomething curators—including a guy named ...
TechCrunch

Threads is developing a tool that lets you ‘tag’ its algorithm to configure your feed

Instagram is experimenting with bringing tools to control your own algorithm to Threads, its X rival. The feature was uncovered while in development by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who ...
The Conversation

TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of a majority stake in TikTok from ...
Phys.org

Largest-ever cosmological simulation created using algorithms for Euclid mission

The consortium running the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid mission has published the most extensive simulation of the cosmos to date. The modeling was based on algorithms developed by UZH ...
PBS

Oracle will manage TikTok’s algorithm for U.S. users under Trump administration deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tech giant Oracle will receive a copy of TikTok’s algorithm to operate for U.S. users, according to a senior official in President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday.
CNN

TikTok’s algorithm will be overseen by Oracle in the US after the sale is completed

The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...
The New York Times

U.S.-Run TikTok to License Algorithm, White House Says

The change is part of a deal to bring TikTok under U.S. ownership to avert a looming ban. By Emmett Lindner and Lauren Hirsch The software giant Oracle will oversee the security of Americans’ data and ...
New York Post

Nassau County DA demands local Dems distance themselves from candidate over ‘disgusting,’ ‘anti-woman’ article

The Nassau County DA is demanding her election foe condemn a Democratic ally’s decade-old law-school paper that said women may fabricate rape claims to hide their promiscuity or as a fantasy. GOP DA ...