Integrative experiment design reveals hidden patterns in decades-old social science research

Research from MIT Sloan School of Management has demonstrated a new way of designing social science experiments that can ...
The New York Times

TikTok Blames Technical Problems After Users Claimed It Blocked ICE Posts

Some users had accused the app of blocking them from posting videos about Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The app said it was a power outage issue. By David McCabe TikTok said on Tuesday that its ...
Men's Journal

TikTok Issues Statement, Confirms Major Algorithm Problems After U.S. Sale

TikTok explains issues with its algorithm. 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 ...
IEEE

Improved A* algorithm applied in dynamic environment for pathfinding

Abstract: Pathfinding is widely applied when encountering autonomous driving, mobile robot pathfinding, and so on. Traditional pathfinding algorithms have certain limitations such as high ...
Reason

The As-Applied/Facial Fad Comes for the Equal Protection Clause

Justice Kagan ponders at great length about whether there can be an as-applied challenge based on the Equal Protection Clause. At times, the Supreme Court goes through jurisprudential fads. I am not ...
csis.org

The Pentagon’s AI Problem Isn’t Algorithms, It’s Evaluation

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new arms race and the centerpiece of defense modernization efforts across multiple countries, including the United States. Yet, despite the surge in AI investments, ...
TechCrunch

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

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 ...
The Conversation

Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short‑term results but different long‑term outcomes

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...
NPR

2 Senators want to hold big tech accountable for harms caused by algorithms

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...
Architectural Record

How Instant-Setting Cold Fluid Applied Waterproofing Systems Solve Problems

This presentation will describe overcoming waterproofing challenges by utilizing a spray-applied, instant-setting membrane. Instant setting waterproofing assemblies provide a quick-curing technology ...
Brandeis University

Applied Problem Solving Techniques

Solving complex problems is a daily expectation—but doing so with clarity, creativity, and strategic precision is what sets professionals apart. This 10–15 hour asynchronous micro-credential equips ...