Twitter has been trialing an unprecedented method to find the hidden biases in its own algorithms. The social media platform has enrolled external researchers in a one-of-a-kind competition, in which ...

If you’ve noticed fewer posts from the people you follow on X lately, you’re not alone. Over the past few weeks, several users (including me) have taken to the platform to complain about this issue ...

Google’s search algorithms are showing multiple languages in the sitelinks for Google Search Console. Regardless of whether this is new or not, it may give an idea of how the underlying algorithm ...

Twitter has laid out plans for a bug bounty competition with a difference. This time around, instead of paying researchers who uncover security issues, Twitter will reward those who find as-yet ...

When it comes to detecting bias in algorithms, researchers are trying to learn from the information security field – and particularly, from the bug bounty-hunting hackers who comb through software ...

A “significant” bug, with the potential to expose users’ true transactions, has been spotted in the privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero (XMR), according to a Twitter post on Tuesday. The bug, ...