President Trump called his escalator mishap at the United Nations "sabotage." The U.N. says the White House team triggered a safety mechanism. We asked two people who work on escalators to explain.

This kind of scene has long become the digital survival routine of contemporary individuals. As information flows in a 'stream' format, precisely matching user preferences through algorithms and ...

The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears to be hiring roboticists who work specifically on humanoids. The company has ...

When you step into an elevator, you probably press a button without a second thought, trusting the metal box to deliver you safely. For the most part, that trust is justified. Elevators are ...

Replacement of the elevators at Jenny Lind Hall is set to start Sept. 1 but residents remain wary, saying the timeline for repairs has been pushed back before. The affordable housing development for ...

Jenny Lind Hall, a senior and disabled resident affordable housing development, is scheduled to begin elevator replacement on Sept. 1 after months of outage. Residents and Springfield Tenants Unite ...

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

No one knows you more than an algorithm. Your best friend may not know that you enjoy watching videos of people knitting or power washing a sidewalk. But the algorithms of TikTok and Instagram do.

How do the algorithms that populate our social media feeds actually work? In a piece for Time Magazine excerpted from his recent book Robin Hood Math, Noah Giansiracusa sheds light on the algorithms ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...