TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

With a change of ownership in the works, TikTok’s algorithm – the secret sauce of its success – is going to be reset for US users. What differences users will see is unclear, but changes are coming.
UC Berkeley School of Information

TikTok Algorithms Are Much Harder to Restrict than Physical Goods, Says Prof. Steven Weber

Algorithms, which are just sets of instructions expressed in code, are harder to restrict than physical goods. But ...

TikTok's algorithm to be licensed to U.S. joint venture led by Oracle, Silver Lake

WASHINGTON — Tech giant Oracle will spearhead U.S. oversight of the algorithm and security underlying TikTok’s video popular ...

Understanding problems tougher than solving them, mobile game experiment shows

Physicist Albert Einstein famously posited that if he only had an hour to crack a daunting problem, he'd devote 55 minutes to ...
Harvard Business Review

The Project Economy Has Arrived

Use these skills and tools to make the most of it. by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez Quietly but powerfully, projects have displaced operations as the economic engine of our times. That shift has been a long ...