The Algorithmic Journal
Explaining how a rapidly changing world
affects ordinary human lives.
Entertainment
Fake streams are stealing royalties, distorting popularity and making it harder to know which artists people actually love. The music industry says it finally has a plan to fight back.
Entertainment
Streaming promised unlimited choice, yet many shows now seem strangely familiar. Algorithms, viewing habits and cautious production decisions may be turning television into endless variations of the same story.
Entertainment
Nearly 30 years into a career that should have remained confined to Christian music, Skillet has reached 30 million certified units, and a new generation is still discovering the band.
Entertainment
The Traitors: New Blood brings the deception, secret murders and dramatic roundtables to NBC, but replacing reality-TV veterans with everyday contestants could make the castle more unpredictable than ever.
Entertainment
Some movies entertain you. Others make more sense after you've lived a little. Here are 10 films worth seeing, and perhaps seeing again, as adulthood changes the way you watch them.
Entertainment
The snacks were ready. The couch was comfortable. All we needed was a film that satisfied fourteen unspoken conditions.
Entertainment
From The Godfather and Casablanca to Jurassic Park and The Matrix, here are 25 movies everyone should experience at least once—and why each one deserves a spot on your watchlist.
Entertainment
The music will survive. So will the rhinestones. But Dolly Parton's greatest achievement may have been becoming someone almost everyone could love.
Entertainment
Rush is returning with Anika Nilles behind the kit. She isn't replacing Neil Peart—and that may be exactly why this new chapter can work.