There’s something almost invisible about the way modern entertainment works. You open a streaming app, glance at a homepage filled with titles you were “just thinking about,” or launch a game that ...

Most platforms give you some control over what appears in your recommendations and ‘for you’ feeds. Most platforms give you some control over what appears in your recommendations and ‘for you’ feeds ...

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., listens to testimony during a Sept. 20, 2023, Senate Environment and Public Works hearing on drinking water infrastructure for tribal communities. (Photo by Lux ...

Social media algorithms shape what users see, influencing emotions, perceptions, and mental well-being in ways that often go unnoticed. This article examines how these automated systems can amplify ...

On social media, the algorithm drives which words go viral. TikToker and writer Adam Aleksic (@etymologynerd) argues that what we consume on platforms is changing our language on and offline. Aleksic ...

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

Digital design sounds innocuous enough. Dark patterns, less so. That’s the term for user interfaces which nudge or manipulate consumers into making choices they otherwise wouldn’t. You will recognise ...

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Building on the momentum of our initial launch of the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) patterns and practices, this second installment continues our commitment to making security ...