New Tech Is Fundamentally Changing the Power Balance Between Police and the Public
The NYC subway saboteur gazed into the surveillance state. What looked back?
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Will Algorithmic Tools Help or Harm the Homeless?
Researchers created an algorithm to identify the people most at risk for long-term homelessness in Los Angeles. Some worry the tool itself poses risks.
Is More Knowledge Making Us Less Reasonable?
The course, offered at the University of Washington, teaches that the proliferation of algorithms and data is making misinformation more widespread.
Growing Up on Social Media, We Learned About Ourselves. Facebook Learned More.
A Facebook event planned seven years in advance became observational comedy about the weird geography of a world built by Palo Alto coders.
The Role of Big Data in Science’s Reproducibility Crisis
The reproducibility crisis is driven, in part, by invalid statistical analyses that are from data-driven hypotheses.
The Importance of Accessibility in Data Visualizations
As big data rises in prominence, it's time to consider turning quantitative data into a qualitative experience for those with a temporary or permanent loss of sight.
Amazon Markets Surveillance Technology to Law Enforcement
Amazon, one of many tech companies that have called for reform of government surveillance, is selling facial recognition services to cops.
Does Big Data Belong in Courtrooms?
The criminal justice system has been using predictive algorithms for decades, but research shows even the best algorithms are no better than humans at predicting recidivism—and neither are very good.
One-Fifth of Americans Can’t Understand Election Predictions
And their ignorance might keep them from voting. By Nathan Collins FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver. (Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty…
The Government Might Improve Patchy Police Killing Data
Better data on deadly police encounters may be on its way. The Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed a…