What Fashion Looked Like Before the Algorithm Took Over

Derek C. Blasberg’s new book Fast + Louche is a blast from the pre-Insta past ...
The Line of Best Fit

Holy Wave circumvent the algorithm

Sweating inside with the air conditioning on, I queue up Holy Wave’s latest album, i’m DADA. Over the past decade, the Austin ...

Algorithm determines which firms have advanced capabilities—and what others must build first

Understanding how firms build their capabilities, such as managerial skills, technology adoption and innovation capacity, is ...

The face on an AI interviewer may matter as much as the decision it makes

Applicants reacted differently to identical AI hiring rejections depending on the avatar’s race and gender, suggesting that fairness problems can begin with interface design before anyone examines the ...
Bethesda Magazine

Rockville just banned algorithmic rent pricing. Will MoCo follow suit?

Jawando’s proposal to end the practice countywide faced pushback from housing industry representatives at March public ...
Boise State Public Radio

Music influencers are getting paid to promote songs — and they're not telling you

Social media can make a song go viral — even push it up the pop charts — seemingly overnight. Perhaps it's not surprising ...
KJZZ

Was your favorite music influencer paid to post that song?

Social media can make a song go viral — even push it up the pop charts — seemingly overnight. Perhaps it's not surprising ...

Erling Haaland came to England with a reputation for goals and grumpiness. This is how he has changed

The Norway striker was seen as robotic when he first signed for Manchester City, but he is viewed very differently now ...

Surge pricing is broken, but there’s a smarter way to match gig workers with consumers

Rather than chasing dollars, gig workers are micro-entrepreneurs who perform a strict ‘mental audit’ of every single task to ...

As L.A. River morphs into impromptu stage for nature-loving musicians, gentrification fears remain

Yo-Yo Ma recently performed an intimate show on the L.A. River, highlighting a growing movement of musicians seeking to ...

Apple’s ‘thermonuclear’ response to the OpenAI threat

Apple’s suit against OpenAI under Tim Cook echoes a familiar playbook, betting that litigation can delay a rival from ...

How Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland’s Friendship Is Rewriting Toxic Football Masculinity

As the pair prepare to face off in the World Cup quarterfinal this Saturday, social media is awash with their bromance.