Many people assume important news will find them online, but don’t understand the algorithms defining how From Spotify and Netflix recommendations to Facebook’s news feed or Google’s search results, ...

A Twitter image-cropping algorithm prefers to show faces that are slimmer, younger and with lighter skin, a researcher has found. Bogdan Kulynyc won $3,500 (£2,530) in a Twitter-organised contest to ...

Hundreds of complex variables can obscure a drug’s dangerous or lethal side effects. But a new mathematical trick can cut through the confusion. Here’s a thought experiment for you: If someone told ...

Research carried out by Twitter has found the social media site amplifies content from right-leaning news outlets and parties more than those from the left. In a study examining political tweets from ...

Twitter amplifies tweets from right-leaning political parties and news outlets more than from the left, its own research suggests. The social-media giant said it made the discovery while exploring how ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Cultural Economics suggests that highly accurate content recommendation algorithms ...

In case you had any doubt, Elon Musk’s X has an algorithm that favors conservative content posted by political activists over liberal content or posts by traditional news media accounts, according to ...

Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

An artificial intelligence algorithm has discovered 50 new potential planets that were missed by humans. It analysed data from telescope missions such as Nasa’s Kepler and TESS (Transiting Exoplanet ...