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AI tools are increasingly replacing human judgments in some settings. For instance, resume-screening algorithms are often ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris used an odd analogy involving pink and yellow flowers to explain how social media ...

After Nebraska used a new interRAI tool to slash Medicaid funding for nearly 900 people, NBC News uncovered the hidden logic behind some of the cuts.

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As young people spend more and more time having their worldviews shaped by social media, it’s important to address how that social media is shaped. By understanding how the powerful digital ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris explained to radio host Big Boy how social media algorithms work using flowers as an ...

Some definitions suggest that manipulation treats people as “tools or fools.” My preferred definition sees manipulation as an ...

America is a nation of local laws—millions of them. From noise ordinances and construction codes to rules about fishing licenses and roadside mango peddling, every town, city and county has its own ...

In 1996, Dor, Halperin, and Zwick introduced an influential method that delivered a “2-approximation” in nearly optimal time. Its estimate would not exceed twice the true shortest distance. If two ...

Quantum computers promise speedups across a sweeping range of problems, from factoring large integers to simulating molecules ...