Adam Aleksic talks about his new book 'Algospeak,' which details how algorithms are changing our vocabulary; plus, we check ...

The human expert versus algorithm debate is as old as computers themselves. It comes up in endless variations. But recommending a novel I’ll spend hours reading and thinking about is a way more ...

If you have a mathematical inclination, or a bent for probabilities, this book might well catalyze a turning point in your life. This book explains how simple algorithms can be applied to our ...

Kyle Chayka's newest book explores how online algorithms have shaped modern culture, and what we can do about it. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; Keyboard shortcuts for audio player; ...

Adam Aleksic is a linguist by trade, and recently published his new book "Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the ...

Though Chayka focuses on the effects algorithms have on culture, his book is perhaps most acute in its consideration of algorithms’ effects on individuals—namely, the way the internet is ...

"This accessible and engaging book brings to life multiple stories about the feel of algorithms, and it leaves its readers with no doubt that feelings about algorithms matter—for people, societies, ...

An algorithm that predicts bestselling books has awarded a perfect score to The Circle by Dave Eggers, a book that just so happens to be a dystopian satire of life in Silicon Valley. Hmm.

Now, the book search algorithm takes into account more than 100 "signals," individual data categories that Google statistically integrates to rank your results.

There was one thing, though, that the algorithm didn't pick up on. “The irony, of course, is his book is about suspicion of big data,” says Archer. “And here is a big data cache smiling at ...