Divisions within the US population on social and political issues have increased by 64% since 1988, with almost all this coming after 2008, according to a study tracking polarization from the end of ...

Cannabis is now entering a similar inflection point, where algorithms may shape what gets grown, how it’s sold, and who wins in a rapidly growing industry.

AI offers great benefits to retailers, but using personal data to set individualized prices, called surveillance pricing, faces growing regulatory backlash.

Comedian and former SNL writer Celeste Yim gives us an inside look at their internet habits, including the last things they ...

As AI agents become the new gatekeepers of discovery, the brands that move first to optimize for this shift will own a ...

Elon Musk says that in a week, the new X algorithm—meaning all the code that determines what you see in your X feed—will be made open source. We will make the new 𝕏 algorithm, including all code used ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

Jennifer Ewbank, served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Digital Innovation from October 2019 until January 2024, where she led transformation of one the world’s most ...

Social media algorithms shape what users see, influencing emotions, perceptions, and mental well-being in ways that often go unnoticed. This article examines how these automated systems can amplify ...

Sick of Bad Songs Popping Up in Your Spotify Playlists? Now You Can Block Them A new update to Spotify allows you to exclude songs from your recommendation algorithms, meaning they'll stop appearing ...