Why Islamic State group prisoners in northeast Syria are being transferred to Iraq

Recent fighting between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria has highlighted the detention ...

Unlocking genetic code of crop-damaging fungus paves way for better disease control

Researchers from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have unlocked the most detailed genetic blueprint yet of a major ...
Indiatimes

Under EU scrutiny, Musk vows to release X’s algorithm code every four weeks

This is not the first time X has promised to make its algorithms open source. Elon Musk had made similar commitments in 2022 and 2023. However, the latest publicly available update to its ...
Reuters

Musk's X to open source new algorithm in seven days

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open to the public its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, in seven days ...
The Verge

Musk says he’s going to open-source the new X algorithm next week

He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. is the Verge’s weekend editor.
InfoWorld

Microsoft previews C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot

Microsoft is providing early access to C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot via the Visual Studio 2026 Insiders channel. These C++ tools allow GitHub Copilot to go beyond file searches and unlock ...
cryptopolitan

Vitalik Buterin proposes zero-knowledge proofs for social algorithms

Buterin proposes ZK proofs to verify social media algorithms without revealing code or user data. The framework shifts focus from moderation to provable algorithm behavior and on-chain timestamps. ZK ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Google Releases December 2025 Core Update

Google released the December 2025 core update on December 11, 2025. This is Google's third core update of 2025, following March and June updates. The rollout may take up to three weeks to complete.
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
TechCrunch

Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

‘The algorithms are just destroying us’: Can you sue a social media company for harm?

Have you been harmed by a social media algorithm? If so, U.S. Sen. John Curtis wants to let you sue. The Algorithm Accountability Act, introduced Tuesday by Curtis and co-sponsored by Arizona Democrat ...