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 ...

While heart rate variability (HRV) is a standard measure of the autonomic nervous system activity, its real-time monitoring ...

Machine learning is helping neuroscientists organize vast quantities of cells’ genetic data in the latest neurobiological cartography effort.

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open to the public its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, in seven days ...

Every year, designers at Pew Research Center create hundreds of charts, maps and other data visualizations. We also help make a range of other digital products, from “scrollytelling” features to ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

Advanced data visualization and analytics have become central to enterprise IT strategies as organizations face rapid data growth from cloud services, software-as-a-service applications, edge devices, ...

A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how. If you’re near Rochester, New York, the ...

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As AI becomes more common and decisions more data-driven, a new(ish) form of information is on the rise: synthetic data. And some proponents say it promises more privacy and other vital benefits. Data ...

Posit’s ggbot2 is a voice assistant for ggplot2. Tell it what you want in a spoken conversation, and it will generate plots and ggplot2 R code from your data. Typing questions into a chatbot is nice, ...