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End-to-end encryption: Best ideas of the century

How end-to-end encryption is the wall that keeps our digital secrets safe – and why modern life would be unimaginable without ...
Engadget

The best microSD cards for the Nintendo Switch 2

The Switch 2 is the first mainstream device to require microSD Express for storage expansion, so there aren’t many options available to buy just yet. Of the handful of compatible models released thus ...
The Washington Post

TikTok’s mental health ‘rabbit hole’? It’s not in your head.

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 ...
TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

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 ...
Boston Herald

New limits for a rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

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 ...
Rolling Stone

Beyond the Algorithm: Why the Best Marketing Still Comes From Human Intuition

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 ...
Mediaite

You’re Not Being Manipulated by Algorithms. You’re Obeying Them

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 ...
MarketWatch

IBM’s stock has its best day since January, and quantum is a big reason why

Shares of International Business Machines Co. enjoyed their best day since January as optimism built around the company’s quantum-computing efforts. IBM IBM announced a plan back in June to build what ...
Reuters

IBM says conventional AMD chips can run quantum computing error correction algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab said on Friday it can run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commonly available chips ...
Seeking Alpha

IBM's key quantum computing algorithm can work with standard AMD chips: report

IBM (NYSE:IBM) said it can run a vital quantum computing algorithm on commonly available chips from Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Reuters reported. Jay Gambetta, the IBM vice president running ...
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 ...