Our tech-drenched daily life offers more opportunities for distraction, and it also creates a reality within which we are a “product” of sorts. Marshall McLuhan famously opined in 1964, “The medium is ...

The following is an excerpt from Kris Shaffer’s book, Data Versus Democracy: How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History. It is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and ...

The Algorithms That Shape Us Not only do we tender massive amounts of helpful (and free to them) data to those companies that use us as their products, but the algorithms created by the items we click ...

Have you ever wondered why certain posts always appear at the top of your Instagram or Facebook feed while others seem to vanish into oblivion? The truth lies in powerful, ever-evolving algorithms ...