Delivery estimate accuracy (DEA) refers to the ability of an ecommerce business to correctly predict when a customer’s order ...

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...

Neil Lassen has sold products on Amazon, Etsy, and eBay, and he's found different challenges — and successes — on each.

A new technique breaks Dijkstra's 70-year-old record: it finds routes faster in huge networks, changing graph theory forever.

The holiday season often brings a wave of new gifts, new gadgets and, for some households, new appliances. If you’re planning to gift someone a kitchen upgrade or treat yourself to a new washer and ...

Popular food delivery service Instacart has been using a shady algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same grocery items in the same supermarkets without telling them, ...

The new law seeks to prevent retailers from ripping off consumers by using artificial intelligence and their personal data to charge them higher prices. By Tim Balk As New Yorkers scrolled, surfed and ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

New Yorkers got a little more visibility this week into when apps like Uber and DoorDash use algorithms to set prices. The state's Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act took effect on Monday. Under the ...

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You’re reading Infinite Scroll, Kyle Chayka’s weekly column on how technology shapes culture. When did having lots of followers lose its inherent appeal? It’s a post-pandemic phenomenon. During the ...