Allowing for “consensus choice” would improve ranked-choice voting in the commonwealth, Better Choices for Democracy’s Carah Ong Whaley writes.

There are now roughly 902 billionaires in the U.S.

In 2024, spending on federal elections totaled almost $15 billion in the United States. The United Kingdom, in contrast, spent about $129 million.

Officials are looking to ban the use of price fixing algorithms based on nonpublic data to set rents amid concern it is driving up prices.

AI systems that try to influence your purchases can also be used to infer what you fear, what you trust and which stories you are likely to believe.

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A new study published in Nature has found that X's algorithm—the hidden system or "recipe" that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order—shifts users' political opinions in a more ...

The blocking of Telegram, WhatsApp and YouTube in Russia and the revealing silence of some The Western left is fleeing ...

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

Last month, we were visiting a few rural villages in Bangladesh. On a winter morning, we were sitting at a tea stall among people of all ages. They were discussing a range of topics, from the ...