AI makes huge progress predicting how proteins fold – one of biology’s greatest challenges – promising rapid drug development

This can be used to solve the protein misfolding associated with many diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cystic fibrosis and …

Algorithms, bots and elections in Africa: how social media influences political choices

There are indications that social media algorithms and bots are slowly changing the dynamics of elections in Africa

Twitter’s design stokes hostility and controversy. Here’s why, and how it might change

Twitter needs to reconsider the algorithms and metrics (such as likes and retweets) that enable the company to profit from co-ordinated …

Algorithms workers can’t see are increasingly pulling the management strings

Giving self‐learning algorithms the responsibility to execute decisions affecting workers carries a host of risks in depersonalising management …

Living inside social media eco chambers: Ideological conditioning through information bias

Combined with rampant misinformation that circulates through the internet, most users dive deep into an ideological pitfall: They end up building …