Despite promises from Mark Zuckerberg, the company's embrace of facial recognition technology suggests that it has no intentions of changing.

Producers of guns and data say they aren't responsible for misuse. But it's precisely the dangers that make these industries profitable.

The Facebook CEO’s response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal fell short—all but guaranteeing more scrutiny from the government.

Trump disavows data collection, while Clinton is employing it to her advantage.

The number of female bylines is up, but new data analysis shows that women authors are still stereotyped in book reviews.

Companies are mining our data in the name of medical research.

Two professors attempt to answer the question: Are commercial novels really more sentimental than literary fiction?

How a 1950s professor built a gigantic database of thoughts and feelings.

The New York Times' David Leonhardt gets it wrong

The market is already full of amazing health-tracking devices—and now it may become cool to use them