Europe Accuses TikTok of ‘Addictive Design’ and Pushes for Change

European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially ...

EU says TikTok’s algorithm, ‘addictive design’ likely illegal

European Union regulators say TikTok may be in violation of the Digital Services Act due to the risk it poses for addictive ...
Electronic Design

Basics of Eye Pattern Analysis

Discover how eye pattern analysis with a sampling oscilloscope helps you qualify high-speed optical transceivers. Learn key metrics, jitter and mask tests using Anritsu BERTWave to ensure signal ...
SciTech Daily

New Algorithm Lets Architects Design Stunning Curved Structures in Minutes

Thanks to computer numerical control (CNC) fabrication technologies, the method may also be applied to design-laminated timber gridshells. Credit: ©2025 Masaaki Miki and Toby Mitchell CC-BY-ND A new ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Algorithm–HW Co-Design Framework for Accelerating Attention in Large-Context Scenarios (Cornell)

A new technical paper titled “LongSight: Compute-Enabled Memory to Accelerate Large-Context LLMs via Sparse Attention” was published by researchers at Cornell University. “Large input context windows ...
KING5

How to turn IKEA basics into custom high-end design

SEATTLE — If you’ve ever stared at a box of IKEA parts wondering how to make it look less basic and more you, Wesley James has the answers. The Seattle-based designer and founder of Brave Element has ...
GitHub

[Main Task] Design one possible iteration of the Basic Matching Algorithm

To architect the complete "Swipe-to-Match" workflow by integrating the MatchingPolicy and MatchOperation. This creates the core user-facing matching algorithm, ensuring a clean separation between ...
Semiconductor Engineering

KAN Acceleration: Algorithm Hardware Co-Design Approach (Georgia Tech, National Tsing Hua Univ., TSMC)

A new technical paper titled “Hardware Acceleration of Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) in Large-Scale Systems” was published by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, National Tsing Hua ...
The Earth Institute Columbia University

Algorithmic Game Theory for OR

This is a graduate-level course on Algorithmic Game Theory and Mechanism Design. We will cover some of the theoretical foundations of game theory and mechanism design, and cover a number of the most ...