Your social media feed is designed to keep you scrolling. Most platforms rely on black-box algorithms to study what captures ...

Every time you scroll, like, or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning, and deciding what you ...

YouTube has quietly shared new details explaining how viewers can directly influence what appears in their recommendations.

Feed algorithms are not politically neutral. According to a recent study published in the journal Nature, using the ...

Quantum computers—devices that process information using quantum mechanical effects—have long been expected to outperform classical systems on certain tasks. Over the past few decades, researchers ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week, defending his company against claims that ...

When Elon Musk first proposed taking over Twitter, one the first changes he claimed he'd make would be “open-sourcing” Twitter’s algorithm. Last week, Twitter finally followed through on that promise, ...

For better accountability, we should shift the focus from the design of these systems to their impact. Describing a decision-making system as an “algorithm” is often a way to deflect accountability ...

Shopping is no longer just about need, taste, or even persuasion. It is about prediction, feedback loops, and invisible ...

Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. “The Algorithm” is impenetrable. It’s mysterious, it’s all-knowing, it’s ...