Justice is supposed to be “blind.” But is race blindness always the best way to achieve racial equality? An algorithm to predict recidivism among prison populations is underscoring that debate.

Data structures and algorithms are vital elements in many computing applications. When programmers design and build applications, they need to model the application data. What this data consists of ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A lot of Instagram users are not happy about the company's plan to roll out a Facebook-like algorithm for its photo and video feed. Brands are getting nervous too. Brands active ...

The Federal Trade Commission recently reached a settlement with WW International, the company formerly known as Weight Watchers. The FTC and Department of Justice accused WW of illegally collecting ...

On March 24, weeks before he offered to buy Twitter, Elon Musk posted a poll on the social media platform: “Twitter algorithm should be open source,” he wrote, with options for users to vote “yes” or ...