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YouTube Pushes EU Creator Funding
YouTube seeks EU funding for creators amid regulatory tensions.
Music Ally · 1m

Instagram Pushes Creed Music
Instagram admits recommending Creed's song 'Higher' to more people than intended.
AV Club · 1m

Instagram Apologises for Repeatedly Suggesting Creed’s 'Higher'
Instagram admits algorithm mistakenly pushes Creed’s 'Higher' to more users than intended.
NME · 1m

The Muslim manosphere policing women online
Religious misogyny dressed as faith is harassing women across social media, from the UAE to the UK.
WIRED · 2m

Instagram Admits Too Many Creed Recommendations
Instagram says it overrecommended Creed's 'Higher' song due to algorithm glitch.
Loudwire · 1m

Instagram Pushes Creed's 'Higher' to Users
Instagram's algorithm recommends Creed's 'Higher' to users more than intended, sparking confusion.
Rolling Stone · 1m

Aaron Sorkin's Facebook Movie Fails to Resonate
Sorkin's new Facebook film misses the mark with Zuckerberg's algorithmic extremism.
Slate Magazine · 1m

Cornell 7 posts drop after LinkedIn changes
LinkedIn's new algorithm suppresses politically charged posts after Cornell fraternity sexual assault claims.
Straight Arrow · 1m

Dating Pessimism and Your FYP
Your TikTok feed might be making you hate dating more than reality.
Cosmopolitan · 2m

Instagram's AI tells creators how to game the algorithm
Instagram and YouTube are now openly coaching creators on how to optimize posts for engagement, raising questions about what happens when everyone follows the same advice.
The Verge · 1m
Microdrama Algorithm Powers Content Visibility
ShareChat's algorithm could decide what microdrama content users see as production surges.
The Economic Times · 1m

US calls Australia's algorithm laws 'censorship'
US says Australia's social media opt-out laws risk censorship of protected speech.
BBC News · 1m

C-HD Algorithm Achieves Faster Shortest Path Computation
New algorithm finds exact shortest paths in directed graphs with non-negative weights faster than Dijkstra's method for specific input sizes.
Vals · 1m

Why Backprop Goes Backward
Backpropagation uses backward passes to compute neural network gradients efficiently.
Gregorygundersen · 1m

YouTube lets you build your own algorithm
Google's new Custom Feeds tool lets YouTube users request exactly what videos they want to see, using natural language instead of hoping the algorithm guesses right.
WIRED · 1m

YouTube lets you build feeds with AI prompts
YouTube's new custom feeds let you describe what you want to watch, and AI builds a personalized feed just for you.
TechCrunch · 1m
Why AI Posts Dominate Hacker News
AI discussions surge on Hacker News due to FOMO, tech enthusiasm, and platform dynamics.
Hacker News · 1m

13 years of YouTube taught MeganPlays everything
A gaming creator shares hard-won lessons about building an audience, surviving algorithm changes, and knowing when to protect yourself.
Mashable · 3m · 6 views

Algorithm promised override powers it couldn't legally give
Australian health officials discovered three days before rollout that aged care funding algorithm couldn't be overridden, despite months of reassurance to assessors.
the Guardian · 2m