We use algorithms every day for things like image searches, predictive text, and securing sensitive data. Algorithms show up all over nature, too, in places like your immune system and schools of fish ...

TL;DR: Although often labeled a "dark web" associated with criminal activity and illicit marketplaces, Tor is an invaluable tool for protecting online privacy. Developers are now working to make the ...

School absenteeism has been such a problem that last year, Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper went on a door-knocking venture to homes of kids with a history of ...

A data center under construction in Loudoun County, Va. (David Kidd/Governing) Headlines have been full of misunderstood and misrepresented claims about data centers. If you only looked at this ...

Good data matter more than ever in a complicated world, and the U.S. is falling behind. That was hammered home during the recent 43-day government shutdown when federal statisticians stopped ...

AI assistants are evolving from tools to emotional anchors, with people forming deep, private bonds with chatbots as therapists and friends. This reliance, driven by immediacy and comfort, blurs lines ...

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...

The image shows a chasm in the earth. More than 2 miles across and nearly 2,000 feet deep, the mining operation in a social media photo has replaced any flora that might have once inhabited the now ...