Algorithms have overtaken our lives. And while that’s not exactly news, what’s startling is the degree to which these mathematically-determined decisions infiltrate our lives. From what movies we ...

Twitter patents and other publications reveal likely aspects of how tweets become promoted in the timeline feeds of users. Some of Twitter’s timeline ranking factors are very surprising, and adjusting ...

A health care algorithm makes black patients substantially less likely than their white counterparts to receive important medical treatment. The major flaw affects millions of patients, and was just ...