Luckily, dark patterns have something in common with bad kerning and unnecessary quotation marks: Once you begin to notice them, you’ll start to see them everywhere.

There is a new term for online annoyances: Dark Patterns. They are tricks in websites and apps that make users click on things they didn't intend to. Posted 2021-10-18T18:52:15+00:00 - Updated ...

Absent dark patterns, online shopping is still a tangled knot of vanity, necessity, bias, and distraction. The best we can hope for is a higher degree of awareness of our actions online and what ...

Gearing up a spit test. Pattern Computer takes a unique approach to COVID-19 testing. The company analyzes patterns of light that pass through and are absorbed by spit.

A Seattle-area startup called Pattern Computer is developing a rapid COVID-19 test based on patterns in light from spit, one of several projects moving ahead from the 7-year-old company that ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The ...

All those manipulative practices and confusing language are known as dark patterns, and Consumer Reports warns that they can lead digital users to make choices they normally would not.

Pattern Computer, Inc., a Seattle-area startup, uses its proprietary Pattern Discovery Engine to solve the most important and most intractable problems in business and medicine.

A massive computer competition works to identify the patterns that can predict where someone will end up in life. But whether this competition has a winner may depend on your viewpoint.