In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

Would you want to know when you will die? Science could be getting closer to perhaps giving you that option. The latest advance? An artificial intelligence algorithm, dubbed "the doom calculator" by ...

Everyone wants predictive algorithms to be accurate, but there are different ways to define accuracy. Is it better to have an algorithm that's rarely perfect, but also rarely off by a mile? Or to have ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

With production starting on Netflix’s “The Adventures of Cliff Booth,” fans are eagerly speculating at what to expect from the David Fincher-directed sequel to Quentin Tarantino‘s “Once Upon A Time In ...

Artificial intelligence has become a popular tool for job recruiters, in part because programmers can code applicant-screening algorithms to avoid any explicit discrimination in their decision-making ...

The Minneapolis City Council voted to ban rent algorithms in Minneapolis on Thursday, making it the fourth U.S. city to ban them. Minneapolis City Council members held a press conference Thursday ...

To mitigate these challenges, screening and early detection can play a crucial role in reducing care costs for these diseases and improving patient outcomes. However, current programs have low ...

In 1925, Anatol Josepho invented the automated photo booth in New York City, originally calling it a photomaton. Nearly a century later, historians say only 200 working analog photo booths are left.

Memphis author, music historian and cultural critic Stanley Booth has died. A brilliant prose stylist and fearless reporter who often became part of his stories, Booth was the rare writer who was as ...