Technology Coding challenge goes wrong: creator refuses to pay $5000 prize money Ellsworth Toohey

algorithms Coded Bias and the Algorithm Justice League Elías Villoro

youtube New study reveals what we all know: YouTube's recommendation algorithms are terrible Thom Dunn

facebook Facebook actually made more money when they tried getting rid of the News Feed algorithm. Thom Dunn

conspiracy theories The weird new conspiracy theory that the Internet has been dead for 5 years Thom Dunn

algorithms How to decode credit card numbers Mark Frauenfelder

algorithms Why do certain people always show up at the top of your Instagram feed? Here's the official word from Instagram Mark Frauenfelder

magic People are trying to alter our reality with algorithmic magic Thom Dunn

mistakes Clubhouse tells Microsoft program manager she can't join because her name isn't real Rob Beschizza

youtube Algorithms like YouTube's content ID harm fair use, free speech, and creativity Thom Dunn

facebook New research claims that Facebook is 5 times more polarizing for conservatives than liberals Thom Dunn

copyright San Diego Comic-Con@Home video panel thwarted by YouTube's copyright algorithms Thom Dunn

machine learning New machine learning algorithm produces "near-perfect" fake human faces Mark Frauenfelder

data Very fun algorithm guesses your name with surprising accuracy David Pescovitz

algorithms Excellent video about why the SHA 256 hash algorithm is so cool and useful Mark Frauenfelder

machine learning CGP Grey explains how machines learn Rusty Blazenhoff

Copyfight #Elsagate: a subreddit that's sleuthing out the weird videos of Youtube Kids Cory Doctorow

corruption Paradise Papers reveal cozy relationship between Stubhub and Canadian botmaster/scalper kingpin Cory Doctorow

Business Youtube Kids spammers rack up billions of views on disturbing, violent, seemingly algorithmic videos Cory Doctorow