We tested the symptom checkers of Ada, Babylon and Your.MD to find out how reliable they really are

Now that algorithms are everywhere, helping us to both run and make sense of the world, a strange question has emerged among artificial intelligence researchers: When is it ok to predict the future…

If your algorithms are smart enough to realize that I was pregnant, or that I’ve given birth, then surely they can be smart enough to realize that my baby died, and advertise to me accordingly — or maybe, just maybe, not at all.

On August 8 I launched dickpiclocator.com, a service that invites you to upload an unsolicited dick pic and find out the exact location…

The controversy that swept up leading tech companies last year over whether facial recognition software is accurate enough to be sold to law enforcement agencies shows no signs of abating. Last week, a group of Amazon shareholders demanded that it stop selling the technology to police, and ...

We visit the Dark Web, where you can get heroin, fentanyl and oxycontin shipped right to your door. This week, the link between online drug markets and America’s opioid crisis.

"When neighbors start talking, good things happen." 🏡 pic.twitter.com/YoPUZeBsxu— Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) January 12, 2019

Behold, the curb cut: a wedge cut in an elevated curb to allow smooth passage between the sidewalk and the street.

What if you had a year you don't want to review on Facebook?

The last year has demonstrated a sea change in design, as designers have created products that serve our deepest needs, rather than exploit them.

The French are putting legal limits on being “on.”

Former Facebook president Sean Parker hits the company for its effect on society: "God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains" pic.twitter.com/8GI0DykJGB— Axios (@axios) November 9, 2017

From 'Mad Men' to 'Math Men'. What does Big Data mean for the future of marketing?

Political operatives used fake news, Big Data and Facebook to suppress the vote and rile up racists in 2016. It's going to be even uglier next time around.

Let me begin with a prescriptive statement: major social media companies ought to consult with trained social researchers to design interfaces, implement policies, and understand the implications o…

The many ways design decisions treat people unequally

Company acknowledges ‘passive’ consumption of material can make people ‘feel worse’ but argues more engagement could improve wellbeing

Facebook has been hit with a €1.

The planned hearing comes as the Senate Intelligence Committee has increased its scrutiny of social media and search sites, following Facebook's disclosure that a Russian troll farm purchased $100,000

Google has started letting people report adverts that know “too much” about them. The company delivers personalised display ads that are targeted at individual users, based on a number of factors.

The Smile Mirror features a built-in camera and facial recognition technology that only shows your reflection if you smile.

The algorithms Facebook and other tech companies use to boost engagement – and increase profits – have led to spectacular failures of sensitivity and worse…

In real life, in the natural course of conversation, it is not uncommon to talk about a person you may know. You meet someone and say, “I’m from Sarasota,” and they say, “Oh, I have a grandparent in Sarasota,” and they tell you where they live and their name, and you may or may not recognize them.

In March of last year, Fusion published an article detailing the ways in which Nextdoor, a social network for neighbors, had become a home for racial profiling. In the "Crime and Safety" forum of many Nextdoor communities, users were reporting people as "suspicious" seemingly based primarily on the color of their skin.

Social networks train us to focus on images and emotions, sapping the quest for knowledge.

Office culture is only part of the problem.

Designlab is a part-time, online course that helps you improve your UI/UX design skills through 1-on-1 mentorship from an expert designer.

By age 2, 92% of American children have an online footprint. What does that do to their psyches?