How tech is finding its way into your beauty bagBy Erika BerasMarch 16, 2017Gustavo Caballero/Getty ImagesTurns out algorithms are just at good at assessing your pores as analyzing data.POSTED IN: beauty tech smart hairbrush algorithm Tech cosmetics beauty ListenreadDownloadDownload
False information on the internet is hiding the truth about onionsBy Kai RyssdalMarch 14, 2017Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesTom Scocca wants to fight "the darkness of falsehood." He's starting with onions. POSTED IN: Google fake news Internet onions algorithm ListenreadDownloadDownload
Full interview: San Francisco district attorney on using algorithm to set bailBy Ben JohnsonAugust 16, 2016GTPS/Visual HuntCan an algorithm be more just than a human? POSTED IN: San Francisco algorithm bail justice system ListenreadDownloadDownload
Full interview: ProPublica's Julia Angwin on biased sentencing algorithmsBy Ben JohnsonMay 25, 2016ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty ImagesLooking at the racial bias of algorithms. POSTED IN: ProPublica sentencing algorithm bias ListenreadDownloadDownload
Robot TastemakersBy Sabri Ben-Achour and Tim Fernholz March 23, 2016via Giphy"Actuality" visits Spotify to look into the algorithmic DJs that soundtrack our lives.POSTED IN: spotify digital music music streaming algorithm ListenreadDownloadDownload
Is this the rise of the robots? Probably notBy Kai Ryssdal and Tommy AndresSeptember 23, 2015GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty ImagesPedro Domingos' book 'The Master Algorithm' explores technology and our future. POSTED IN: algorithm technology virtual future ListenreadDownloadDownload
An algorithm that matches kidney patients and donorsBy Kai Ryssdal and Stephen DubnerJune 17, 2015BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImagesStanford economics professor's formula has helped save a lot of lives.POSTED IN: kidneys surgery algorithm ListenreadDownloadDownload
Algorithm as ArtBy Ben Johnson and Aparna AlluriApril 02, 2015Chris Coyne, Max Krohn, Sam Yagan, Christian RudderImagine an auction where you could buy algorithms...POSTED IN: algorithms algorithm art ListenreadDownloadDownload
How an algorithm is taught to be prejudicedBy Ben Johnson and Aparna AlluriFebruary 03, 2015Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesAlgorithms may be learning stereotypes – and abetting data discrimination.POSTED IN: algorithms discrimination algorithm ListenreadDownloadDownload
