Despite companies’ constantly increasing reliance on data-churning tech, the way most algorithms work remains a mystery to many workers – which creates a power imbalance on the job. “I’m sorry, Dave.

Algorithms are not working for you and me – they are working for corporate interests, and their aim is to mould us into receptive customers. An employee walks past a sign at Facebook headquarters in ...

If you were expecting some kind of warning when computers finally get smarter than us, then think again. There will be no soothing HAL 9000-type voice informing us that our human services are now ...