More fast-food, convenience, and travel stop chains are rounding cash totals to the nearest nickel when pennies aren’t available Big retailers and grocers are doing it too, often rounding in the ...

The Alabama Crimson Tide advanced in the College Football Playoff after a comeback win against Oklahoma in the first round on Friday night. Oklahoma jumped out to a 17-0 lead in the first half before ...

Now that the government has stopped minting pennies, retailers and restaurants that tend to do a lot of cash business want the federal government to come up with a standard for rounding. It’s been a ...

Casey's General Stores will round cash transactions down to the nearest nickel for customers without exact change. Other major retailers also are implementing rounding policies for cash payments after ...

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 ...

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

You chose selected. Each dot here represents a single video about selected. While you’re on the app, TikTok tracks how you interact with videos. It monitors your watch time, the videos you like, the ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

New England Patriots left tackle Will Campbell was upset Sunday after sustaining what appeared to be a significant leg injury against the Cincinnati Bengals. If the injury is serious, the Patriots ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

The Miss Universe pageant was already in turmoil after two judges resigned, one over allegations the competition had been rigged and another for "unforeseen personal reasons." The chaos deepened when ...

Voice AI company Wispr’s dictation app, Wispr Flow, is seeing great traction. The startup said that, after three months of usage, an average user writes more than 50% of their characters through the ...