A hot potato: A security researcher has discovered serious vulnerabilities in Frontier Airlines' booking system. Using just two pieces of information printed on every boarding pass – a booking code ...

Millions of Americans are asking the same question right now: Are we getting a stimulus check — or a tariff refund — in 2026? The answer is driving a surge in online searches and confusion as billions ...

Long before social media feeds or targeted ads, my mother used to say that life tends to show you the thing you're looking for. Or the thing you're afraid of. Or the thing you keep insisting you don't ...

It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...

Learn how recommendation algorithms, streaming recommendations, and social media algorithms use content recommendation systems to deliver personalized recommendations. Pixabay, TungArt7 From movie ...

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

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 ...

You might expect a big check to clear instantly. You put it in your account, the balance goes up, and that's that. But banks don't treat large deposits the same way they treat smaller ones, and the ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

Late last year, a man named Todd wrote a $10,000 check to the Internal Revenue Service. Months later, the government reached out, wondering where his payment was. After following up with Wells Fargo, ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...