Inside the good, bad, and very ugly of social media algorithms

It feels strange to think back to a time when we weren’t so concerned with social media algorithms.

To the layperson, algorithms were just a nebulous mix of code that we knew controlled what we were seeing in our feeds, but most of us weren’t bothered by it. We accepted the idea that they were a good thing serving us more of what we love. That’s true—to a certain point.

The 2016 presidential election and the fallout from the

How AstroAccess plans to make space more accessible

AstroAccess, a nonprofit that promotes disability inclusion in space, has partnered with the Aurelia Institute to advance astronaut diversity by doing research on zero-gravity missions.

“In one sense, space is the ultimate equalizer: everyone who leaves Earth is subject to the radical experience of leaving gravity behind,” the Aurelia Institute said in a 

Tech layoffs continue—this time at Netflix and MasterClass

The tech layoffs keep coming. On Thursday, Netflix laid off an additional 300 employees, or about 3% of its staff. The company had previously laid off 150 employees in May.

“Today we sadly let go of around 300 employees. While we continue to invest significantly in the business, we made these adjustments so that our costs are growing in line with our slower revenue growth,” a Netflix spokesperson told

Walmart’s new AR feature lets you see how home decor purchases would look in your home

Users of Walmart’s app will soon be able to see how prospective furniture purchases would look in their homes and offices, thanks to new augmented reality technology.

The retail giant announced today a new “view in your space” feature, which will be visible on compatible home decor items in th

Inflation is up, so why isn’t the price of Bitcoin?

In early May, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor took to Twitter to, once again, proclaim his trust in Bitcoin. “Bitcoin is the best hedge against inflation,” he tweeted, citing evidence that Bitcoin’s price has

These deaf and disabled creators are saying no to ‘inspiration porn’

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What the future of hybrid work will (and won’t) look like, according to 27 business leaders

The rise of remote work has drastically changed the relationship between companies and their employees.

What began two years ago as a sudden shift to a work-from-home model has change

Save a ton of time with these 3 Windows keyboard shortcuts

There are many, many Windows keyboard shortcuts, and a lot of them are great time-savers.

That being said, it’s unreasonable for me—a reasonable-type person—to dump a bunch of them here and expect you to memorize them all.

There are, however, a handful that are really awesome when it comes to s

Snap is tired of being misunderstood—and it just hired one of the world’s best storytellers

Colleen DeCourcy’s planned retirement ended up becoming little more than an extended vacation. The creative executive had ascended to arguably the best job in the advertising world, co-president and chief creative officer of Wieden+Kennedy, where she helped the agency reach new heights, helping it do what it had legendarily done for Nike for decades for other A


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