How personalized algorithms lead to a distorted view of reality

The same personalized algorithms that deliver online content based on your previous choices on social media sites like ...

The words you can't say on the internet

Perhaps you've noticed that people avoid certain words on social media. They'll say "unalived" instead of "killed". Guns are ...

New limits for a rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Real estate software company RealPage has agreed to stop sharing nonpublic information between landlords as part of a ...

Property management giant settles for $7 million over rent algorithm lawsuit

Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has reached a $7 million settlement with nine states that sued the property ...
Entrepreneur

An Updated List of Facebook's Algorithm Changes

If you do Facebook marketing, one thing that you might want to understand is the Facebook algorithm. The Facebook algorithm helps make sense of the huge number of posts that people and businesses ...
The Financial Times

An algorithm for getting through your to-do list

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Can computer scientists — the people who think about the foundations of computing and programming — help us to ...
Nature

Variability in GWAS analysis: the impact of genotype calling algorithm inconsistencies

Lack of reproducibility has been a constant plague for genome-wide association studies (GWASs). GWAS must be carefully designed and carried out to avoid the myriad of pitfalls that can introduce type ...