TL;DR: Microsoft Visio is now only $9.97 (reg. $249.99). Sometimes, it takes a good visual to explain a complex set of data, but you don’t need a design degree to make that happen. Instead, use ...

Armed with a burner phone and a fake name, I set out to learn how Instagram’s algorithm really works. This is what happened next At some point — let's say a Wednesday night around 8:40pm, too late to ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

TL;DR: Hurry — Microsoft Visio Professional 2021 for Windows is now only $9.97 (reg. $249.99), but this deal won’t last long. We have all struggled to map out a new process in PowerPoint or wasted ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a blank page, trying to organize a complex idea or process, but not knowing where to start? Whether it’s mapping out a workflow, designing an organizational ...

Visio in Microsoft 365 is a superb tool for creating custom diagrams to illustrate concepts that are difficult to explain through text. Here’s how to use it. It’s often much easier to convey ...

You might have heard that algorithms are in control of everything you hear, read, and see. They control the next song on your Spotify playlist, or what YouTube suggests you watch after you finish a ...