Search and social media algorithms can produce strange results for their users — but fiddling with them can produce strange results from their users. In both cases the results may be too important to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about fitness, health and wearable tech Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They ...

If your feed regularly surfaces 45-minute breakdowns of art history or two-hour explorations of urban planning, congratulations. You've trained your algorithm to believe you have an attention span. In ...