Rather than marketing itself as a traditional dating app, Overtone will be an AI-powered matchmaking service that integrates ...

Tennessee Republicans carved up Memphis to eliminate the state’s only Black-majority district. Lawmakers are pursuing or signaling similar efforts in Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi and other states.

AI is helping employers hire faster, but questions remain over bias, transparency, data privacy, and accountability. Umairah Nasir speaks to HR and legal experts about the risks organisations may be ...

For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was ...

In times past, when we wanted to know which team would win the World Cup, we had to turn to seers with crystal balls, use divination via tea leaves, or hope for Paul the Octopus to tell us what would ...

You’ve been shopping on Amazon for years. Returned things that didn’t fit, arrived broken or looked nothing like the photos. Normal stuff. Amazon’s algorithm tracks every return: the category, the ...

China has confirmed for the first time that it is drawing up a “comprehensive law” on artificial intelligence. Industry insiders said the move showed China had accumulated enough practical experience ...

Our simulations debunk the notion that the act created artificial minority districts that wouldn’t otherwise exist. By Nate Cohn and Eve Washington The number of Black representatives from the South ...

In Baltimore on Oct. 20, 2025, a 17-year-old student named Taki Allen was sitting outside his high school after football practice when an artificial intelligence-enhanced surveillance camera falsely ...

In 2023, the Federal Trade Commission, then led by Joe Biden appointee Lina Khan, along with 17 states, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. The case, finally scheduled to go to trial next year, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...