Amazon used a secret algorithm to essentially help raise prices on other online sites and also “destroyed” internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission undertook an antitrust investigation ...

Amazon used a secret algorithm that essentially helped the company raise prices on other online sites and “destroyed” some internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission was investigating the ...

Amazon’s reputation for spreading health misinformation has led critics to call it “a dystopian bookstore.” Their concerns have escalated since COVID-19 unleashed a wave of anti-vaccination zealots.

Amazon used a secret algorithm that essentially helped the company raise prices on other online sites and “destroyed” some internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission was investigating the ...

Amazon.com has named a former chief scientist at Yahoo as its chief algorithms officer. Udi Manber, who will also become a vice president at the online retailer, worked at Yahoo for four years and ...

Many local districts shopping for supplies with public funds apply the same logic. But the Institute for Local Self-Reliance ...

Amazon might be using its algorithm to hire and fire its contractual flex delivery drivers, according to a recent report. The process involves minimal human intervention, which means that drivers ...

Amazon reportedly tweaked its product-search algorithm to favor products that are more profitable to the company. People who worked on the algorithm say the change could give Amazon's own brands a ...

In aviation, the black box is a source of knowledge: a receptacle of crucial data that might help investigators understand catastrophe. In technology, a black box is the absence of knowledge: a ...