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A close look at how you decide what clothes to put on in the morning can help you understand how computers work.

Social media platforms from TikTok to Twitter charge you nothing to use their services, except for, well, everything there is to know about you. Part of the strategy in that data collection comes ...

A search algorithm is a massive collection of other algorithms, each with its own purpose and task. Here's how it all works.

From Instagram to TikTok, Noah Giansiracusa explores how secret formulas and algorithms run our lives.

Kartik Hosanagar talks with VentureBeat about "A Human's Guide to Machine Intelligence," his book about how algorithms shape our lives and how to fight back.

Securing a top spot on search engine results pages boosts the chances of prospects clicking and visiting a brand’s website—getting to the top, however, is a tall order.

The research identifies three interconnected forces that drive misinformation diffusion: human psychology, emotional ...

Social media apps learn your preferences to suggest content on your feed for easy scrolling. Changing your TikTok feed involves interacting with videos you like and not interested in. Resetting ...

We made our own version of the Codebreaker sign-cracking algorithm — and talked to pitchers about how to thwart it.

Predictive algorithms, at their most basic, work by using historical data to calculate a probability of future events, similar to how a sports book determines odds for a game or pollsters forecast ...