Albania is the first country to take a real step toward “algocracy”: government by algorithm. In September its prime minister ...

Is Facebook's move to re-engage users a reaction to the increasing popularity of rival services like Snapchat and Pinterest rather than a move to punish publishers? Case in point: Facebook sent a ...

After ducking behind Facebook and using that company as a not-quite-human shield for most of the year, Google finally had its turn in the hot seat. Yesterday, CEO Sundar Pichai appeared before ...

A formula used to turn ordinary data, or "plaintext," into a secret coded message known as "ciphertext." The ciphertext can reside in storage or travel over unsecure networks without its contents ...

Meta has now given users a comprehensive look at just how it utilizes AI systems to help platforms like Facebook and Instagram determine just what users can see on their feeds. Through Meta’s ...

Using a sequence of steps to solve a problem. Scientific applications, forecasting, decision making, quantum computing and AI use algorithms routinely. Computer programming is used to implement the ...

In the age of Facebook and Netflix, the word “algorithm” has become so ubiquitous, and its connotation so amorphous, that it’s verging on jargon—maybe even cliché. The Atlantic’s Ian Bogost has ...