Digital infrastructure has become as vital to modern life as roads, electricity, and clean water. In the hyper-connected 21st century, digital networks underpin nearly every aspect of human activity, ...

Part of being a creator is complaining about the algorithm. As a creator, I get it. When your reach tanks, it feels like something was done to you. But that mindset makes you a passenger in your own ...

Every time you hit play on a video, chances are you have Al Bovik to thank for its visual quality. Bovik, professor and Provost’s Chair in Engineering in the Department of Electrical, Computer and ...

What's your favorite color? If you ask the algorithm, the answer is probably beige. The internet loves neutrals. Aesthetic coffee shop videos feature spots with white walls and minimalist decor.

Tension: Brands preach values-driven marketing while their ad budgets silently bankroll misinformation ecosystems they claim to oppose. Noise: The industry obsesses over impressions and reach while ...

As data breaches become more common and more sophisticated, your company’s intellectual property has never been more vulnerable to theft and attack. That’s not to mention how a data breach can disrupt ...

Tom is 78, a Marine veteran with early-stage dementia who lives alone in a ranch house outside Raleigh. His daughter, Lisa, set him up with an AI companion device last fall, a sleek tablet that ...

The theme of this year’s RSAC gathering in San Francisco was “The Power of Community.” Based on the presentations and dialogue that took place over four days, the cybersecurity community is ...

Nobody who values the files on their computer should be without at least two regularly updated methods for backing them up. External drives are perfect for this. You can plug them into your computer, ...

Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett argues that the spread of "brain rot" - a species of nonsensical, repetitive, and often overstimulating online content geared toward young users - is being accelerated ...

The team from Bluesky has built another app — and this time, it’s not a social network but an AI assistant that allows you to design your own algorithm, create custom feeds, and, one day, vibe-code ...

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