The Luhn algorithm is a mathematical formula developed in the late 1950s. The Luhn algorithm is widely used to validate the authenticity of identification numbers, such as Social Security numbers.

That’s why, if you want to stop YouTube from consuming your life, you need to take control of the algorithm. We’ve talked about how to reset the Instagram algorithm ; here’s how to do the ...

New research from Mozilla shows that user controls have little effect on which videos YouTube’s influential AI recommends. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm drives 70% of what people watch on ...

Some people like this, but if you want more control over how you spend your time, I recommend avoiding the algorithm entirely. And Google just made that easier: Now, if you turn off your YouTube ...