The formula Google uses to rank the resulting Web pages from a user's query. Along with the PageRank system that was Google's major contribution to evaluating website importance due to popularity, ...

Uber and DoorDash now disclose when algorithms set prices. There's still one big question. A New York law requires businesses to disclose when they're using algorithms to determine prices. Uber and ...

In the age of Facebook and Netflix, the word “algorithm” has become so ubiquitous, and its connotation so amorphous, that it’s verging on jargon—maybe even cliché. The Atlantic’s Ian Bogost has ...

The belief that we are living in a Matrix-like simulation has has grown traction in recent years, but boffins believe they ...

Almost 200 face recognition algorithms—a majority in the industry—had worse performance on nonwhite faces, according to a landmark study. What they tested: The US National Institute of Standards and ...