States are probing “surveillance pricing,” where retailers use personal and location data to set individualized prices, led by a new California privacy investigation. 🕵️
The cases highlight opaque algorithmic pricing, discrimination risks, and pressure for stronger transparency and data rights rules. ⚖️

🔗 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/states-probe-firms-using-personal-data-location-to-set-prices

#TechNews #Privacy #Data #Surveillance #Pricing #Algorithms #CCPA #California #Retail #Grocery #Hotels #AI #ConsumerRights #Transparency #Regulation #BigData #USA #US

States are probing “surveillance pricing,” where retailers use personal and location data to set individualized prices, led by a new California privacy investigation. 🕵️
The cases highlight opaque algorithmic pricing, discrimination risks, and pressure for stronger transparency and data rights rules. ⚖️

🔗 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/states-probe-firms-using-personal-data-location-to-set-prices

#TechNews #Privacy #Data #Surveillance #Pricing #Algorithms #CCPA #California #Retail #Grocery #Hotels #AI #ConsumerRights #Transparency #Regulation #BigData #USA #US

Spain plans to ban social media for under-16s, with tougher age checks and penalties for platforms that boost illegal content via algorithms. 🇪🇸
The move, pitched as protecting kids from a “digital Wild West,” raises questions about enforcement, teen rights, and platform accountability across Europe ⚖️

🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2nddvmryo

#TechNews #Spain #SocialMedia #Safety #Children #Teens #AI #Algorithms #Privacy #Regulation #EU #TikTok #Instagram #Grok #X #OnlineSafety #Policy #AgeVerification #Europe

Spain plans to ban social media for under-16s, with tougher age checks and penalties for platforms that boost illegal content via algorithms. 🇪🇸
The move, pitched as protecting kids from a “digital Wild West,” raises questions about enforcement, teen rights, and platform accountability across Europe ⚖️

🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2nddvmryo

#TechNews #Spain #SocialMedia #Safety #Children #Teens #AI #Algorithms #Privacy #Regulation #EU #TikTok #Instagram #Grok #X #OnlineSafety #Policy #AgeVerification #Europe

This is cellular automata applied to a staggered grid, like we use in beaded peyote stitch. All of these images were created with the same algorithm, what I call “Vines on a Fence.” The only difference among them is how I started each patch. I give the recipe for Vines on a Fence on page 105 of my new book, Beading with Algorithms #mathart #cellularautomata #algorithms

This is cellular automata applied to a staggered grid, like we use in beaded peyote stitch. All of these images were created with the same algorithm, what I call “Vines on a Fence.” The only difference among them is how I started each patch. I give the recipe for Vines on a Fence on page 105 of my new book, Beading with Algorithms #mathart #cellularautomata #algorithms

@troy_s Maybe an interesting read for you?

https://www.bitsnbites.eu/a-spatial-domain-variable-block-size-luma-dependent-chroma-compression-algorithm/

#graphics #color #colors #science #code #math #algorithms #picture #image

@troy_s Maybe an interesting read for you?

https://www.bitsnbites.eu/a-spatial-domain-variable-block-size-luma-dependent-chroma-compression-algorithm/

#graphics #color #colors #science #code #math #algorithms #picture #image

The problem of #Substack is old: "Launched in 2017, the platform has previously faced criticism for hosting newsletters that promote #extremist views. Its co-founder, Hamish McKenzie addressed its decision to host #Nazi content in one of his own posts on the site in 2023."
But now #algorithms even promote it! "Substack #algorithm directed the Guardian’s account to 21 other profiles featuring similar content." https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

Alternatives: #Ghost or #Steady.

#LeaveSubstack #newsletter

The problem of #Substack is old: "Launched in 2017, the platform has previously faced criticism for hosting newsletters that promote #extremist views. Its co-founder, Hamish McKenzie addressed its decision to host #Nazi content in one of his own posts on the site in 2023."
But now #algorithms even promote it! "Substack #algorithm directed the Guardian’s account to 21 other profiles featuring similar content." https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

Alternatives: #Ghost or #Steady.

#LeaveSubstack #newsletter

My student walked into my office and stared at the open copies of Russell & Norvig and Kleinberg & Tardos on my desk, with a look of shock and horror on their face, and then went: Do you have time to read all of that‽

I mean... given the notes scribbled in the margins and the bookmarks sticking out of my books, I can hardly deny that I've read at least parts of them in quite some detail. If I admit that, however, my students are no longer going to buy the "sorry I don't have time for an extra meeting" line...

Anybody have a good comeback for me for the next time this happens? This time I just went with "er... that's kind of the idea of studying... that you read your textbooks..." 🤦‍♀️

#ProfessorLife #AI #Algorithms #Students #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #ArtificialIntelligence #Studying

My student walked into my office and stared at the open copies of Russell & Norvig and Kleinberg & Tardos on my desk, with a look of shock and horror on their face, and then went: Do you have time to read all of that‽

I mean... given the notes scribbled in the margins and the bookmarks sticking out of my books, I can hardly deny that I've read at least parts of them in quite some detail. If I admit that, however, my students are no longer going to buy the "sorry I don't have time for an extra meeting" line...

Anybody have a good comeback for me for the next time this happens? This time I just went with "er... that's kind of the idea of studying... that you read your textbooks..." 🤦‍♀️

#ProfessorLife #AI #Algorithms #Students #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #ArtificialIntelligence #Studying

My data have not been verified but my work is highly reproducible.
- Downloads (csv, img, dump) ➡️ https://decompwlj.com/
- Algorithms ➡️ https://oeis.org/wiki/Decomposition_into_weight_*_level_%2B_jump#Algorithms

#decompwlj #math #mathematics #maths #sequence #OEIS #Downloads #Algorithms #numbers #primes #PrimeNumbers #FundamentalTheoremOfArithmetic #sequences #NumberTheory #classification #integer #decomposition #number #theory #equation #graphs #sieve #fundamental #theorem #arithmetic #research #PARIGP

My data have not been verified but my work is highly reproducible.
- Downloads (csv, img, dump) ➡️ https://decompwlj.com/
- Algorithms ➡️ https://oeis.org/wiki/Decomposition_into_weight_*_level_%2B_jump#Algorithms

#decompwlj #math #mathematics #maths #sequence #OEIS #Downloads #Algorithms #numbers #primes #PrimeNumbers #FundamentalTheoremOfArithmetic #sequences #NumberTheory #classification #integer #decomposition #number #theory #equation #graphs #sieve #fundamental #theorem #arithmetic #research #PARIGP

I made a video explaining how my game engine warps time to hide network latency. It includes a bunch of animations showing the tradeoffs of some other common networking approaches as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g52nosxz4cY

#IndieDev #networkprogramming #gameengine #algorithms #WorldFabric

If I had a dollar every time someone said the haversine formula was "good enough", I could probably have a mediocre meal out. Vincenty all the time.

#geodesy #geodata #algorithms #precision

If I had a dollar every time someone said the haversine formula was "good enough", I could probably have a mediocre meal out. Vincenty all the time.

#geodesy #geodata #algorithms #precision

In Episode 71, Jumelle recommends watching "The Social Dilemma" which explains how we are constantly being manipulated by social media algorithms for profit.

Subscribe, download and listen today! https://linktr.ee/bwabits

#SocialMedia #Algorithms #Manipulation #TheSocialDilemma

https://thesocialdilemma.com/

In Episode 71, Jumelle recommends watching "The Social Dilemma" which explains how we are constantly being manipulated by social media algorithms for profit.

Subscribe, download and listen today! https://linktr.ee/bwabits

#SocialMedia #Algorithms #Manipulation #TheSocialDilemma

https://thesocialdilemma.com/

I studied 10 years of Instagram posts. Here’s how social media has changed
#Instagram #Meta #SocialMedia #Algorithms #AI #Trends #DigitalCulture #MediaStudies #Journalism #PlatformPower #UserBehavior #OnlineSociety #Enshittification #Reels
https://the-14.com/i-studied-10-years-of-instagram-posts-heres-how-social-media-has-changed/