A bill from a Newport-area state senator that would ban businesses from using algorithms and real-time data to manipulate what customers pay is headed to the Rhode Island Senate Commerce Committee for ...

A preprint study published by researchers at George Washington University presents evidence of social bias in the algorithms ride-sharing startups like Uber, Lyft, and Via use to price fares. In a ...

DETAILS ON THE GOVERNOR’S ANNOUNCEMENT IN SEVERNA PARK. WRITERS USE IT. SO DO AIRLINES. EVEN SOME SPORTS TEAMS. THERE’S GROWING CONCERN THAT DYNAMIC PRICING WILL BE WIDELY USED AT GROCERY STORES. THE ...

Noah Giansiracusa is professor of mathematics at Bentley University, faculty associate at Harvard University, and author of “Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life.” For ...

Grocery platforms are using dynamic pricing algorithms that charge different prices based on zip codes and shopping behavior, ...

Most Canadians want the government to ban or regulate the use of algorithms to set prices, a new poll suggests — with half of ...

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A bold experiment from Sony has not gone down well with the player base ...