What does it mean to “destroy” an algorithm? The Federal Trade Commission has ordered some companies to destroy algorithms built on deceptively gathered data, a penalty that could affect them ...

Facebook made news Wednesday the way it almost always does: by tweaking one of its key features. This time it’s the Newsfeed algorithm, which will now serve you more stuff from friends and ...

Facebook has allowed page owners to buy ads since 2009, and announced changes to its algorithm that resulted in decreased visibility in 2012. Until recently, however, Facebook was seen as an ...

Fake news and the gaming of Google search results represent the dangers of letting artificial intelligence influence what we see, how we think, and potentially how we vote, Professor James ...

So, what does this move by Instagram mean for you, your business and your brand and how do you prepare for these changes? I’m glad you asked.

Social media algorithms are what all social media platforms run on these days. They have led to a lot of changes to social media, and not always desired ones. If you are going to take advantage of ...

In fact, what you think your algorithm says about you says more about you than it does about the app. Take the lack of fashion content on my For You Page, for instance.

Is my car hallucinating? Is the algorithm that runs the police surveillance system in my city paranoid? Marvin the android in Douglas Adams’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy had a pain in all ...