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5 coding exercises that improved my problem-solving skills

Any task that tests your mental muscles is a step in the right direction when improving your problem-solving skills. While ...
SFGate

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelley Cotter, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed ...
IEEE

Widely Linear Complex-Valued Affine Projection Algorithm With a Sliding-Window Step-Size

Abstract: In this work, to address the fixed step-size problem of the widely linear complex-valued affine projection algorithm (WL-CAPA), we propose a sliding-window step-size (SWSS) selection scheme, ...
Search Engine Land

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool could boost discovery for brands

The new Instagram feature reveals what the algorithm thinks you like and lets you adjust it, reshaping how content gets recommended on Reels. Instagram launched Your Algorithm in the U.S. today, a ...
The Washington Post

Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal.

You chose selected. Each dot here represents a single video about selected. While you’re on the app, TikTok tracks how you interact with videos. It monitors your watch time, the videos you like, the ...
The New York Times

After Teen’s Death, a Seattle Icon Confronts a New Label, Nuisance

For years, architects and design experts have resisted safety changes at Seattle’s Gas Works Park, but after a teenager died there this summer, his parents want it declared a public nuisance. By Anna ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility - A Gemini 3 Update?

I am seeing some signs of a Google search ranking update over the past day or so but the chatter is super limited right now. Many of the tools spike yesterday but like I said, the SEO community ...
The Verge

The algorithm failed music

Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ...
SlashGear

A New Algorithm Beats Dijkstra's Time For The Shortest Path To Any Point In A Network

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...
Computerworld

Clara Grima, mathematician: “We are going to do what machines cannot”

In a world dominated by algorithms, it's common to associate them with a negative bias. Mathematician Clara Grima defends their usefulness in her latest work, although she also recognizes the ...
EurekAlert!

New algorithm lets autonomous drones work together to transport heavy, changing payloads

Scientists at TU Delft, The Netherlands, have developed a new algorithm that allows multiple autonomous drones to work together to control and transport heavy payloads, even in windy conditions. Ideal ...