Despite companies’ constantly increasing reliance on data-churning tech, the way most algorithms work remains a mystery to many workers – which creates a power imbalance on the job.

Gig economy workers are increasingly "managed" by algorithms that operate in an opaque and obscure manner. New research explores how workers respond to this treatment.

When the U.S. government signs contracts with private technology companies, the fine print rarely reaches the public.

Check out the below infographic to pull back the curtain and understand how social media algorithms (generally) work – and why most of your posts won’t be seen by all of your followers.

Instagram on How Its Algorithms Work Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri published an article explaining how algorithms rank content shown in peoples’ feeds.

Since 2014, computers have been writing news reports on selected topics. Recent efforts to test their abilities find both real potential and significant limitations.

The Verge just found out how algorithms work for social media recommendations — and they are not happy about it. Which is odd, as The Verge pitches itself as an outlet that knows everything tech ...

How do news feed algorithms work? This question was originally answered on Quora by Abhinav Sharma.