How the TikTok algorithm created new words like ‘unalive’
Adam Aleksic has somehow managed to make linguistics cool. His rapid-fire videos have attracted an audience of millions across the social media universe. In them,…
OK Go on viral videos in the age of the algorithm
On a spring afternoon in 2005, the members of OK Go dressed up in tacky suits, gathered in front of a video camera and awkwardly…
Meta to test ‘Community Notes’ using algorithm from Elon Musk’s X | Social Media
Tech giant says it expects new feature to be ‘less biased’ than previous third-party fact-checking program.Meta has said that its “Community Notes” feature intended to…
In L.A. County, price-gouging landlords could soon face fines of $50,000
Los Angeles County supervisors want to raise the stakes for post-wildfire price gouging, hammering landlords who dramatically hike rents with fines of up to $50,000.Supervisors…