Timothy Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the Discovery Project, 'Understanding and Combatting "Dark Political Communication"'. A new study published today in ...

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 ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

Flat vector illustration created from hand drawn doodles and textures depicting different people using wireless technology. Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They ...

But the real question is: connected to what? Parker Woodroof, Ph.D., a social media expert and associate professor of marketing at the Collat School of Business at the University of Alabama at ...

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 ...

Robbie has been an avid gamer for well over 20 years. During that time, he's watched countless franchises rise and fall. He's a big RPG fan but dabbles in a little bit of everything. Writing about ...

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The increasing energy demands of AI pose a significant challenge to sustainability and decarbonization goals. Researchers have discovered a new integer-addition algorithm that could reduce AI's energy ...

Callum is a seasoned gaming managing editor for a number of publications and a gamer who will always try to shine a spotlight on indie games before giving AAA titles the time of day. He loves nothing ...