The Persistent '50% Win Rate' Conspiracy: What Did the Chinese Court Decide?

The complaint that games 'intentionally pair you with low-skilled teammates after a winning streak to force your win rate ...
Ars Technica

Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Even if you don’t know much about the inner workings of generative AI models, you probably know they need a lot of memory. Hence, it is currently almost impossible to buy a measly stick of RAM without ...
Fast Company

The X algorithm really is trying to radicalize you—researchers just proved it

In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...
Beebom

Kaizen Tier List – All Cursed Techniques, Clans, Weapons, and Fighting Styles Ranked

Our Kaizen tier list ranks Innate Cursed Techniques based on overall damage output, domain strength, and versatility in PvP and PvE. We also consider how efficiently they scale into the late game. We ...
The Conversation

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right‑wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...
Engadget

The Morning After: Meta turned Threads algorithm complaints into an official feature

Threads users have complained about its recommendation algorithm since the dawn of time 2023. Users even started writing posts addressed to the algorithm, specifying the topics they wanted to see more ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...
CNET

TikTok Ordered to Change Algorithm Over 'Addictive Design,' or Face a Hefty Fine

The EU is threatening to take action against the social media company. It could be the start of a global reckoning. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...
Game Rant

Clash of Clans Best Pets for Heroes (Tier List)

Somiya Adrees is a writer at GameRant. Her gaming journey began at a young age with classics like Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, and Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge (all of which she ...
Newsweek

2026 NASCAR Cup Cook Out Clash: Full Entry List

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The NASCAR Cup will kick off the 2026 season with an exhibition race at the Bowman Gray Stadium for the Cook Out Clash.
Tennessean

NASCAR Clash full weekend track schedule, TV schedule for the Clash race at Bowman Gray

This story has been updated with new information after the postponement of the Clash. The NASCAR Cup Series takes to the track for the first time in 2026 with the Cook Out Clash on Feb. 2 (weather ...
USA Today

NASCAR Cook Out Clash schedule, entries, format, weather, how to watch

Editor's note: Due to the lingering effects of winter weather in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the Cook Out Clash has been postponed to Monday, Feb. 2. The 2026 NASCAR season is set to begin, and it ...