Algorithms, which are just sets of instructions expressed in code, are harder to restrict than physical goods. But governments, including the U.S., have long tried to prevent their export. The ...

This has been a roller coaster year for the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average, with all three enduring a mini-crash and a rip-roaring rally to new highs. A new ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Saturday revealed further details of a deal reached between the U.S. and China over control of the popular social media platform TikTok, sharing that ...

On a scorching July afternoon in Shanghai, dozens of Chinese students hunch over tablet screens, engrossed in English, math and physics lessons. Algorithms track every keystroke, and the seconds spent ...

The TikTok algorithm, built by its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd., is what has made the app so popular with half of America. The enormously powerful technology can master the intricacies of our ...

Maggie Wachter, a mother of two in Philadelphia, has heard every rinse-and-repeat excuse in the book to skip a bath. Recently, Wachter’s 11-year-old son declared that no shower was necessary after a ...

People’s views are becoming more and more polarized, with “echo chambers”—social bubbles that reinforce existing beliefs—exacerbating differences in opinion. This divergence doesn’t just apply to ...

In an interview with Harvard Law Today, Noah Giansiracusa explains how companies deploy what some call "dynamic" or “surveillance pricing,” using individual customers' data as a primary algorithmic ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Annie Minoff: A few years ago, Derek Mobley was working in IT. He loved his job ...

This past year, researchers at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario announced the development of a new artificial intelligence-enabled search algorithm that can help identify patients who might have ...