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X may soon provide more insight into how its algorithm works. On Saturday, Elon Musk posted on the platform to say that the company "will make the new X algorithm, including all code used to determine what organic and advertising posts are recommended to users, open source in 7 days." 

X's recommendation algorithm has been the subject of investigations by France and the European Commission, the


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The author chose to spend the holidays alone and really enjoyed it.
  • I chose to spend the holidays alone while my husband and kids visited family.
  • Being alone at home gave me rest, quiet, and perspective I didn't know I needed.
  • Intentional solitude helped me reset mentally and return to my family refreshed.

When people asked me what I was doing for the holidays, I responded almost


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FILE PHOTO: The logo of consulting firm McKinsey and Company is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
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  • McKinsey & Company used AI to analyze its most successful hires over the last 20 years.
  • It found that applicants who had recovered from setbacks were more likely to become partners later.
  • McKinsey hires less than 1% of applicants, and receives 1 million applications a year.

Landing a job at McKinsey & Company has never been easy


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In 2023, what was then still called Twitter, open-sourced at least portions of the code that decided what it served up in your feed. But that GitHub repository is hopelessly out of date, with the vast majority of the files appearing to be from the initial upload three years ago. Elon Musk says that in seven days, he will open-source X's new algorithm and finally give people a peek behind



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A giant version of Lockin’s wirelessly charged V7 smart lock was a showstopper on the CES show floor.
A giant version of Lockin’s wirelessly charged V7 smart lock was a showstopper on the CES show floor.

I picked Aqara's Smart Lock U400 and Roborock's Saros Rover robot vacuum as the overall best smart home gadgets from CES 2026, but there were gazillions of other great gadgets on the show floor.

It was a banner year for smart home products, but the big trends I saw weren't about new



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Palmer Luckey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang are among the billionaires that could be impacted by a California wealth tax.

California has a lot of billionaires, more than any other state and more than most countries. So a proposed wealth tax on its billionaires could be a windfall, if they


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Your neighborhood GameStop might be on the chopping block, along with more than 400 other retail locations across the US. As first reported by Polygon, the retailer is pursuing a severe cost-saving measure by closing up several hundred physical locations. According to a blog that keeps track of GameStop closures, there are 410 locations that are confirmed to be closing or are already closed, along


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The FCC approved SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites on Friday. That brings the total number of satellites the company will have in orbit to around 15,000 worldwide. As part of the approval, the government is also waiving previous requirements that prevented overlapping coverage and enhanced capacity.

SpaceX originally sought approval for 30,000 satellites


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