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 ...

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Social media algorithms may decide what life stage you slot into, and it's difficult to break out of it.

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Almost a century later, this idea of a lost Aryan civilization, called Agartha, has caught on again, this time with teenagers ...

TikTok finally closed a deal meant to bring it into compliance with the law that should have banned it a year ago, and the ...

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Regulators accuse one of the world's biggest travel platforms of abusing market power, with analysts warning of wider ...

As Trump-friendly billionaires take control of TikTok’s U.S. operation, some see the beginnings of a ‘cultural vibe shift’ on ...

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Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the ...