Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

View post: Cause of Death for 'Lil Jon's Son TikTok users in the U.S. reported feed and content issues over the weekend. Issues followed the creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity, as ...

I am in the dusty basement of Manchester cathedral. On the streets above me, there are police searching for anyone who would challenge the state. Someone like me. I am supposed to be working on a ...

Elon Musk's X on Tuesday released its source code for the social media platform's feed algorithm. X's source code release is one of the first ever made by a large social platform, Cryptonews.com ...

Abstract: The 8-puzzle problem serves as a fundamental benchmark for evaluating search algorithm performance in artificial intelligence applications. This paper presents a comprehensive comparative ...

On Monday, Anthropic announced a new tool called Cowork, designed as a more accessible version of Claude Code. Built into the Claude Desktop app, the new tool lets users designate a specific folder ...

The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. Gen Z might be working ...

Schools are facing a growing problem of students using artificial intelligence to transform innocent images of classmates into sexually explicit deepfakes. The fallout from the spread of the ...

A recent Gallup poll asked about employees' use of AI at work. Nearly half said they use it at least a few times a year. There were some big differences between industries. The use of AI tools among ...

Abstract: This paper presents the design and implementation of an HTTP-based leaderboard system and LCG algorithm introduced for the 8-puzzle game, aiming to improve player retention and user ...

I was about to complain about Jonah and Sean AGAIN when suddenly they had a better story. Boston Blue Season 1 Episode 8 gave them a subplot closer to what we used to get on Blue Bloods, rather than ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...