TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

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 ...
IEEE

Comparative Performance Analysis of Decision Tree and K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) Algorithms for Malformed Food Aroma Classification

Abstract: One example of a significant food industry in Indonesia is the tofu industry. Tofu is very popular and has high nutritional value. However, the emergence of serious issues related to the use ...
NPR

New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...
Inc

Uncle Nearest CEO Fawn Weaver Alleges Smear Campaign Amid Receivership Battle Over $108 Million Default

The CEO of embattled whiskey company Uncle Nearest alleges that an ongoing legal battle with a lender amounts to a smear campaign. Central to it, according to Fawn Weaver, who is also the founder, is ...
The New York Times

In ‘The Perfect Neighbor,’ a Terrible Crime Collides With Ethical Concerns

Geeta Gandbhir’s film examines the killing of a Florida woman and “stand your ground” laws, but the issues it raises are bigger than those statutes. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Retailers Seek Law Rounding to Nearest Nickel as Pennies Go Away

US retailers are appealing to Congress for a new law allowing them to round purchases to the nearest nickel as new supplies of pennies dry up, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg. “Businesses ...
Frontiers

Density peak clustering algorithm based on weighted mutual K-nearest neighbors

1 School of Computer Science and Technology, Yibin University, Yibin, China 2 School of Computer and Software, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China Ever since Density Peak Clustering (DPC) ...
The Grio

Who is Fawn Weaver? The Black woman CEO fighting to keep Uncle Nearest

The fate of the billion-dollar whiskey brand Uncle Nearest changed course last week when a Tennessee judge ruled in favor of one of its lenders, Farm Credit Mid America, ordering that it should be ...
The Root

‘Billion-dollar’ Black-Owned Uncle Nearest Whiskey Brand Could Be In Big Trouble

Founded in 2017, Black-owned whiskey brand Uncle Nearest has made a permanent mark in the alcohol world. The company’s name sake, Nathan “Nearest” Green, was a former enslaved Black man credited with ...
Scientific American

The Math Trick Hidden in Your Credit Card Number

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 ...
BGR

Squid Game's Unnecessary Final Season Is Another Example Of Algorithms Trumping Art

There's a familiar TV discourse taking shape online right now, the kind that I suspect will look awfully familiar to you if you remember the way Game of Thrones crashed and burned in its eighth and ...