TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...
New York Post

Brute punches 14-year-old girl heading to gym in unprovoked NYC attack: cops, sources

An unhinged man slugged a 14-year-old girl as she walked to a Queens gym in a shocking unprovoked daytime attack last week, cops and sources said Thursday. The teen was walking at 184th Street and the ...
China Digital Times

Netizen Voices: Tencent’s Positive Energy Algorithm Task Force and the Perils of “Information Cocoons”

This week, a report at IT Home described recent corporate initiatives in the fight to promote "positive energy" and suppress "malicious" negativity online. (As China Media Project explains, "’Positive ...
WPBF

Python Cowboy says tree stand facing Air Force One’s runway may have been there for two years

NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT ABOUT THE HUNTING STAND FOUND IN A TREE WITH A DIRECT SIGHT LINE TO WHERE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S PLANE LANDS IN WEST PALM BEACH. OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, TERRI PARKER, HAS ...
The Economist

Brute force is no match for today’s high-tech drug-runners

HeLLFIRE MISSILES used to strike terrorist hideouts in the mountains of Afghanistan. Now they rain down on the sparkling waters of the Caribbean. Small boats and their crews, alleged drug-traffickers, ...
CSOonline

Brute force attacks hitting SonicWall firewall configuration backups

SonicWall is warning admins that recent brute force attacks on its firewall’s API service for cloud backup could have exposed backup configuration files stored in its cloud portal. Affected are ...
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Projectile Motion; Solving for Launch Angle with Brute Force Python

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...
Dread Central

‘Brute 1976’ Review: A Brutal Piece of Nostalgia

For those who enjoy unapologetic homages to 1970s horror, I won’t mince my words: Add Brute 1976 to your summer watch list immediately. Resurrecting the cheesiness of desert-dwelling psychos who kill ...
Scientific American

The Math Trick Hidden in Your Credit Card Number

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...
New York Post

Brute on FBI’s ‘most wanted’ list for tossing cinderblock during anti-ICE riots is finally busted at border

The masked brute accused of hurling concrete blocks at federal agents during the violent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles has finally been arrested — getting cuffed at the border by one of the agents he ...
EurekAlert!

New framework shows brute-force search is inevitable for certain Boolean puzzles, improving cryptography and AI strategies

Imagine you have two identical-looking treasure chests: from the outside, they appear the same, but one hides a prize, and the other conceals a trap. There is no clever trick to tell them apart—you ...