Penalty Shootouts: Is the Team That Kicks First More Likely to Win?

Penalty kicks are already proving critical to big wins at this year’s World Cup. But the advantage in penalty kicks has more ...
Business Insider

5 people who pivoted into AI jobs — and how they did it

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. AI is the buzziest word on the job market — and many workers want to know how to pivot into it. As ...
The Guardian

I took an algorithm to court in Sweden. The algorithm won

Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining lives We like to imagine that injustice announces itself loudly ...
The New Yorker

The Kardashians Explain Everything (Because They Are Everything)

Told a certain way, the life of Kimberly Noel Kardashian maps neatly onto the entire history of media in the new millennium. In her teen-age years, Kim’s family was part of the biggest televised ...
Seeking Alpha

Elon Musk's X to make its algorithm open source in a week

Elon Musk's social media platform X will make its algorithm open source in seven days, the billionaire businessman said on Saturday, including the code that governs what posts are recommended to users ...
Popular Mechanics

A Century-Old Calculation For Pi Might Help Explain the Secrets of the Universe

Although not a household scientific name like Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton, Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan—who tragically died in 1920 at the age of 32—was one of the greatest minds in ...
Consequence

Lizzo Says Algorithms Have Left Music Industry “In Shambles,” Killed the “Song of the Summer”

Earlier this summer, Lizzo unveiled an entertaining enough mixtape titled My Face Hurts from Smiling. Now, the actor-singer isn’t exactly smiling as she’s taken to TikTok for a rant against the ...
The Washington Post

Why the death of this star is very, very strange

Scientists may have figured out what caused one of the strangest explosions ever observed in our universe: A massive star exploded while getting ripped apart by a black hole. Astronomers identified ...
Time

How the Secret Algorithms Behind Social Media Actually Work

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The Straits Times

First BTO project in Sembawang North to be offered in July HDB launch

SINGAPORE – Some 775 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in Sembawang North will go on sale in July, making it the first project to be launched in the new housing estate. Two-room flexi and three-, four- and ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Alex Woo on Building ‘In Your Dreams’ From Scratch — and Why Netflix Said Yes

The director and creative team behind the new animated feature recount how their original idea, about two siblings journeying through the land of dreams, went from scribbles on a grease-stained pizza ...
Business Insider

I replaced my fitness instructor with AI. I'm now stronger, more motivated, and saving hundreds of dollars.

I used to feel like I needed to spend money to stay in shape — not just on the gym but also on classes, personal training, and enough Lululemon to dress a small Olympic team. I was immersed in a ...