The National Association of Scholars has pushed its model standards in social studies, science and English language arts. Now it’s set its sights on math.

Modern economic history has largely been dominated by the puzzle of human capital. How do growing populations continuously raise skill levels as part of a cycle of rising productivity and living ...

Three books unpack our infatuation with prediction, and what we lose when we outsource this task to machines. To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying ...

Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalised its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of US investors. TikTok announced on 22 January 2026, that it has formed TikTok ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelley Cotter, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized ...

This Media Briefing covers the latest in media trends for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series → This week’s Media Briefing looks at the ...

Social media platform X will open its new algorithm to the public in seven days, Elon Musk said on Saturday, including the code used to decide what posts and advertisements are recommended to users.

Abstract: In recent years, artificial intelligence has developed rapidly, and people’s demand for intelligent production has been steadily increasing. Autonomous driving has also gradually attracted ...

Now that the Google December 2025 core update is officially done, some are looking at the damage it caused. A number of very visible news publishers saw some significant declines in Google Search ...

Google launched four official and confirmed algorithmic updates in 2025, three core updates and one spam update. This is in comparison to last year, in 2024, where we had seven confirmed updates, then ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TikTok may have dodged a US ban but unresolved questions about its algorithm could remain a source of tension in the broader ...