A bird’s-eye view of the solar system shows the orbital path for Earth in blue and the projected orbit for the asteroid known as 2022 SF289 at its closest approach in green. Orbits of Venus and Mars ...

WhatsApp is experimenting with a big change to one of its most popular features. Credit: Hayoung Jeon/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock WhatsApp is experimenting with a big ...

Twitter has been trialing an unprecedented method to find the hidden biases in its own algorithms. The social media platform has enrolled external researchers in a one-of-a-kind competition, in which ...

For years, standardized tests have been the barriers that students have to climb in order to advance academically. They are the ruler by which success is measured, despite being deeply flawed ...

COMPUTERS are getting ethical. A new approach for testing whether algorithms contain hidden biases aims to prevent automated systems from perpetuating human discrimination. Machine learning is ...