Hackaday

Know Audio: Lossy Compression Algorithms And Distortion

In previous episodes of this long-running series looking at the world of high-quality audio, at every point we’ve stayed in the real world of physical audio hardware. From the human ear to ...
ABC News

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ask families to join fight against predatory social media policies

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are urging parents to stand against wealthy social media companies that they said prey upon children with algorithms designed to exploit personal data NEW YORK -- NEW ...
The New York Times

Republicans Take Aim at ‘Industry Behind the Curtain’ of College Prices

In letters to consultants and the College Board, House and Senate Judiciary leaders invoked antitrust law and asked how student data feeds pricing algorithms. By Ron Lieber Ron Lieber welcomes ...
CNN

TikTok’s algorithm will be overseen by Oracle in the US after the sale is completed

The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...
RealClearPolitics

CNN's Enten: The American Youth Have Lost Faith Pretty Much Completely In The Idea Of An American Dream

CNN’s data analyst Harry Enten reported Wednesday that younger Americans are far less likely than older generations to believe in the American dream. KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: Does the American dream ...
The New York Times

Appeals Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data at Several Agencies

The decision cited a Supreme Court order in June granting DOGE analysts sweeping access to other data stored at the Social Security Administration. By Zach Montague Reporting from Washington A federal ...
GitHub

Data Structures and Algorithms Repository

Welcome to the Data Structures and Algorithms Repository! My aim for this project is to serve as a comprehensive collection of problems and solutions implemented in Python, aimed at mastering ...
VentureBeat

Stack Overflow data reveals the hidden productivity tax of ‘almost right’ AI code

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now More developers than ever before are using ...
Bleeping Computer

Amazon AI coding agent hacked to inject data wiping commands

A hacker planted data wiping code in a version of Amazon's generative AI-powered assistant, the Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code. Amazon Q is a free extension that uses generative AI to ...
PC Gamer

Dwarf Fortress just made it easier for modders to add their own procedural creatures, items, curses, and more: 'All of these things have been hard-coded in Dwarf Fortress ...

For years, Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams has been planning a more mythical turn for the notoriously dense fantasy sim—which, by his own admission, has been a little lacking on the fantastical ...
Reuters

Exclusive: TikTok prepares US app with its own algorithm and user data

NEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) - TikTok is preparing to launch a standalone app for U.S. users that is expected to operate on a separate algorithm and data system from its global app, laying the ...