Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it

Children and teens spend substantial amounts of time online. A 2025 Pew Research Center survey found that roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they are on platforms such as TikTok and YouTube almost ...
IEEE

PAC Code Rate-Profile Design Using Search-Constrained Optimization Algorithms

Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a novel rate-profile design based on search-constrained optimization techniques to assess the performance of polarization-adjusted convolutional (PAC) codes under ...
WRAL

High school in Fayetteville to operate under code yellow on Thursday following social media threat

E.E. Smith High School will operate on a code yellow status Thursday after a social media post threatening the school circulated online. In a post on Facebook, Fayetteville police said officers were ...
CNBC

Amazon convenes 'deep dive' internal meeting to address outages

Amazon's top retail technology convened a "deep dive" meeting on Tuesday to discuss a string of recent site outages, including one tied to AI-assisted coding errors An internal document viewed by CNBC ...
techxplore

Behind the feed: New research explores how social media algorithms shape our digital lives

Behind the feed: New research explores how social media algorithms shape our digital lives by Lindsey Massimiani Pepe, University of Miami edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' ...