People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

Zero-reliance financial automation is a development in which loss of one point does not extend to the other payment network, ...

Social media algorithms driven by AI shape far more than what appears on our screens, including how we think, feel, and ...

In Olympia, Aaron Ping turns grief into activism, supporting legislative efforts to safeguard minors from addictive social ...

Bipartisan Ohio lawmakers are reviving an effort to regulate pricing algorithms -- software that often uses artificial ...

Adaptive systems were supposed to simplify decision-making. Instead of hard-coded rules, engineers built models that could learn from data, respond to change, and improve over time. That promise still ...

Field-level analysis examines how ranking algorithms shape consumer trust, visibility, and competition in local service ...

As software and algorithms become an increasingly pervasive part of our lives, there’s growing interest and concern on how they are affecting society, the economy, and politics. Yet, most social ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Yet another Dutch government department has become embroiled in a row over the use of algorithms – this time the unit which assesses whether prisoners are likely to re-offend. On Thursday, justice ...

When quantum computers become powerful enough, they could theoretically crack the encryption algorithms that keep us safe. The race is on to find new ones. Tech Review Explains: Let our writers ...