While lawyers typically apply the doctrine to things like sidewalk repairs, there’s no reason it can’t apply to efforts to make lending algorithms fairer. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act and ...

IonQ is one of the larger examples of pure-play quantum firms; it and competitors including Rigetti and D-Wave have seen ...

In a notable example of the latter, 56-year-old mechanic Walter Vollmer was incorrectly targeted by the Federal Parent Locator Service and issued a child-support bill for the sum of $206,000.

The 74-page report, “‘Automated Neglect’: How The World Bank’s Push to Allocate Cash Assistance Using Algorithms Threatens Rights,” details how an automated cash transfer program in ...

When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ...