Often, when there’s talk about algorithms and journalism, the focus is on how to use algorithms to help publishers share content better and make more money. There’s the unending debate, for example, ...

Stop scrolling to find the shows you really want to watch on Netflix. While the site's menus offer a lot of options, the ...

Can I level with you? I’m not always sure I know what people are talking about when they say algorithm? You’re not alone: Honestly, I haven’t always been sure what I meant when I said it either. But ...

While there is plenty of criticism to be hurled at what music the algorithm serves to us, and how, the real problem with music discovery in the age of algorithmic recommendations is that listening has ...

Musician Sophia James has apparently cracked the code of TikTok’s algorithm – and is now riding a wave of viral success. The ...

Twitter has released part of its source code for its recommendation algorithm. It shows how it specifically tracks how Elon Musk's tweets are doing. Credit: Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via ...

Many people worry that quantum computers will be able to crack certain codes used to send secure messages. The codes in question encrypt data using “trapdoor” mathematical functions that work easily ...

The first line of defense against YouTube’s recommendations starts with its built-in feedback tools. The Not interested button is the simplest one. When I see a video that doesn’t belong on my ...

This article is adapted from Voices in the Code: A Story About People, Their Values, and the Algorithm They Made, out Sept. 8 from Russell Sage Foundation Press. In May 2021, I got a call I never ...

We’ve seen AI algorithms create mostly-believable pictures of people’s headshots, works of art, news articles, and even pokémon. But now a team of scientists is taking things a step further, with an ...