Noah Giansiracusa asks: How nutritious is your social media diet? Containing too much social media 'junk food,' he notes for Science News Explores, can have deleterious effects, and so individuals ...

When Charli xcx turned a simple aesthetic experiment into a cultural “Brat Summer” takeover on Instagram, she had the algorithm to thank. With 500 million Instagram users vying for attention daily, ...

LinkedIn's algorithm prioritizes ads & sponsored content, hurting organic reach for creators. To adapt: share niche expertise, use authentic images, craft strong hooks, write longer comments, engage ...

Since the heyday of radio, records, cassette tapes, and MP3 players, the branding of sound has evolved from broad genres like rock and hip-hop to “paranormal dark cabaret afternoon” and “synth space,” ...

This post was co-authored by Vinícius Ferraz, Chief Data & AI Officer at ILI.DIGITAL AG. In today's world, algorithms are everywhere—curating our Spotify playlists, suggesting YouTube videos, and even ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The author of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture discusses how we might be able to cultivate our own ...

New research shows that people recognize more of their biases in algorithms' decisions than they do in their own -- even when those decisions are the same. Algorithms were supposed to make our lives ...