The Portland City Council on Wednesday passed a measure that bans corporate landlords from using rent-fixing price algorithms in the city. The ordinance, which was pushed by Councilor Angelita Morillo ...

With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly, exactly the way you want it.’ With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Australia’s New South Wales Police used a legacy facial recognition algorithm for over a decade and declined repeated offers of updates from the vendor, instead replacing it with a system adapted ...

In the United States, 3 million elderly and disabled people get health care benefits at home, which is covered by Medicaid in many states. But the way states determine who is eligible for care is ...

In light of recent changes in the law and closely monitor developments in this area, New York landlords and software companies should review the design and deployment of any algorithms used in ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The chair of the House Select Committee on China said Thursday that a licensing agreement for use of the TikTok algorithm, as part of a deal by China-based ByteDance to ...

Building owners and property managers will no longer be able to use algorithm-based software to artificially inflate New Yorkers’ rents as a result of a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...

Both US and Chinese officials are stating that an agreement has been reached for an American TikTok spin-off to be sold to American investors. It’s not the first ...

A potential TikTok deal emerged Monday between the US and China, two days before the Trump administration's latest sell or be banned deadline. Now, attention is shifting to the app's Chinese algorithm ...