A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows ...

The internet isn't uniform; algorithms constantly pivot based on local laws and cultural habits. In South Korea, for example, ...

In years past, my go-to word in describing our political condition was “polarization.” I used it endlessly and still do on occasion. But as time has moved on, and the divide has only grown in depth ...

In years past, my go-to word in describing our political condition was “polarization.” I used it endlessly and still do on occasion. But as time has moved on, and the divide has only grown in depth ...

TikTok is now majority owned by non-Chinese stakeholders and has an American majority board — and it’s time for them to prove ...

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Customers can now find products even when they don’t know what to search for, by snapping a photo, scanning a barcode, or ...

People with spinal cord injuries often lose movement even though their brains still send the right signals. Researchers ...

YouTube introduced some new filters to its advanced search tools today. Possibly the most exciting change is that Shorts are now listed as a content type, so the three-minute-or-less videos can be ...

What does it take to detect a radio signal sent by extraterrestrial life to Earth? Two decades of work involving radio ...

There's a large market online for products to put in or on our genital areas, blurring the lines between hygiene, cosmetics and medicine. This is how they hook consumers, and how you can check their ...