Contra-dating is receiving more and more attention as a bewildering dating trend, which aims to change the repetitive romantic patterns that are influenced by the algorithms of dating apps. The point ...

Advanced fraud detection system using machine learning to identify fraudulent transactions and activities. This project implements multiple machine learning algorithms including Random Forest, XGBoost ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

Social media algorithms shape what users see, influencing emotions, perceptions, and mental well-being in ways that often go unnoticed. This article examines how these automated systems can amplify ...

On social media, the algorithm drives which words go viral. TikToker and writer Adam Aleksic (@etymologynerd) argues that what we consume on platforms is changing our language on and offline. Aleksic ...

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

Digital design sounds innocuous enough. Dark patterns, less so. That’s the term for user interfaces which nudge or manipulate consumers into making choices they otherwise wouldn’t. You will recognise ...

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Building on the momentum of our initial launch of the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) patterns and practices, this second installment continues our commitment to making security ...