Urban heat islands are a solvable data problem: this piece shows how to combine free satellite imagery, standard ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Anthony Albanese has a good line for his United Nations speech in New York this month: Australians ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is not worried about upsetting US President Donald Trump with tougher rules governing big US technology companies, as he introduces new requirements to let ...

Australia plans to force social media firms to enforce an "opt-out" feature for algorithm-based feeds. The proposed legislation will let users over the age of16 choose to see content only from people ...

The federal government's proposed digital duty of care could let Australians opt in or out of algorithmically recommended social media content. The draft laws will require online platforms to reduce ...

Social media platforms could be forced to give users in Australia an option to turn off “powerful” algorithms under draft laws to be unveiled by the government this week, Communications Minister Anika ...

X is significantly expanding its open source codebase, which includes the app’s “For You” algorithm and its core ranking engine, and adding a feature that will let users see if their account or posts ...

The Sandisfield Arts Center has announced the winners of the 2026 Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists. Their work, along with that of the 2025 recipients, will be featured in a biennial exhibition ...

As social media companies face scrutiny over addictive design features, mental health experts cite a stream of breakup content as an example of the failure to protect users. As social media companies ...

X is rolling out a "small tweak" to boost the visibility of your posts and replies to your mutuals, or people who you follow and who follow you back. The platform's head of product, Nikita Bier, ...

X has made a “tweak” to its algorithm to boost the visibility of posts to users’ “mutuals” — the people they follow who follow them back, head of product, Nikita Bier, said Monday. “We noticed this ...

Teenagers want a greater voice in the design and governance of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, according to new research led by University College Dublin. Rather than passive victims ...