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Slashdot News for nerds, stuff that matters X Open Sources Its Ranking and Filtering Algorithms 16 Aug 2026, 02:25 by EditorDavid An anonymous reader shared this report from TechCrunch: X is significantly expanding its open source codebase, which includes the app's "For You" algorithm and its core ranking engine, and adding a feature that will let users see if their account or posts have ...

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Gizmodo The Future Is Here ‘X-Men’ Director Jake Schreier Teases Comic Influences 15 Aug 2026, 20:15 by Justin Carter Looking to the past and recent present of X-Men comics, Schreier gives some more hints to his take on the mutants. x-men-97-s2-hed-1280x853.jpg 2 MB ‍ ‘Lilo ...

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Slashdot News for nerds, stuff that matters Why Are Big Tech CEOs Writing Long Manifestos About AI? 15 Aug 2026, 16:00 by EditorDavid This week Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word open letter titled "The Future is for Everyone". But the BBC is more interested in why big tech executives keep writing manifestos about AI: [Zuckerberg's] vision echoes what AI leaders have expresse...