Intelligent Machines Probing the Dark Side of Google’s Ad-Targeting System Researchers say Google’s ad-targeting system sometimes makes troubling decisions based on data about gender and other personal characteristics. by Tom Simonite 2015-07-06T00:00:00-04:00
News Nokia Unveils a Map Service that Lives in the Cloud With a new mapping service, called Here, Nokia hopes to get smartphone users hooked on its mapping technology. by Rachel Metz 2012-11-13T18:23:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines How to Delete Regrettable Posts from the Internet It’s possible—though not always foolproof—to get embarrassing things taken down. Voluntary data-labeling standards could make it even easier. by Simson Garfinkel 2012-10-30T00:10:43-04:00
News An App to Automate Life's Little Tasks Microsoft’s on{X} takes advantage of smart-phone sensors to set all sorts of helpful rules. by Rachel Metz 2012-06-09T11:04:00-04:00
News With New Look, Bing Gets More Organized, Social Microsoft is revamping its search engine and exploiting the growth of social networking online. by Rachel Metz 2012-05-10T00:00:00-04:00
News Bing Gets Friendlier with Facebook New features will push the Microsoft search engine ahead of Google in the race to make search more social. by Tom Simonite 2011-05-16T18:00:00-04:00
News Social Search, without a Social Network Google’s new +1 button lets friends tune each other’s search results, but so far the company has few connections to draw on. by Tom Simonite 2011-04-01T00:00:00-04:00
News Why Bing "Likes" Facebook Facebook should give Microsoft an edge against search rival Google. by Paul Boutin 2011-01-03T00:00:00-05:00
News Fewer Ads, More Clicks Search engines get smarter at predicting when we’ll respond to a pitch. by Duncan Graham-Rowe 2010-07-20T00:00:00-04:00
View Bing Dinged on Arab Sex Censorship Report says Microsoft censors even more harshly than Arab nations do. by David Talbot 2010-03-04T15:00:00-05:00