The web's information filters are making assumptions about you based on details that you might not even notice yourself.

Alexander Spangher discusses recent work that’s been done to revamp our article recommendation algorithm.

Netflix is canceling its second $1 million Netflix Prize to settle a legal challenge that it breached customer privacy as part of the first contest’s race for a better movie-recommendation engine. Friday’s announcement came five months after Netflix had announced a successor to its algorithm-improvement contest. The company at the time said it intended to […]

In its top story Tuesday, Politico.com covered the Senate’s jockeying over a bill to extend unemployment benefits. Readers found out about the chances for passage of the measure, which will affect 1.3...

Netflix using user tagging and behavior to classify movies.

How Amazon and Netflix predict your preferences and prod you to purchase