Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. The case of the so-called “monkey selfie” is a fascinating one when ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Even as complex mathematical models gain greater influence in government and elsewhere, evidence suggests public entities are refusing to disclose details about algorithms that guide ...

Recent developments in atomic-force microscopy have enabled researchers to apply mechanical forces to individual molecules to induce chemical reactions. A research team has now developed a ...

It's difficult to identify whether or not someone is feeling suicidal by asking. According to studies, roughly 80 percent of those who go through with the act denied feeling suicidal the last time ...

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Google today announced that TCP BBR, a new congestion-control algorithm that it has used to improve network throughput from google.com and YouTube by about four percent globally (and by more than 14 ...

Staying competitive in the cutthroat cloud market requires more than just an aggressive feature release schedule. The top providers also continuously enhance their infrastructure to improve ...

Facebook and Twitter have come under fire in the past year over policies that enabled Russians to meddle in last year’s presidential election. You would have to be living under a rock in order to have ...

Machine learning has returned with a vengeance. I still remember the dark days of the late '80s and '90s, when it was pretty clear that the current generation of machine-learning algorithms didn't ...