Twitter has been trialing an unprecedented method to find the hidden biases in its own algorithms. The social media platform has enrolled external researchers in a one-of-a-kind competition, in which ...

"Bug algorithms do not make maps of the environment but deal with obstacles on the fly," says Delft PhD student Kimberly McGuire. "In principle, detailed maps are very convenient, because they allow a ...

Twitter has laid out plans for a bug bounty competition with a difference. This time around, instead of paying researchers who uncover security issues, Twitter will reward those who find as-yet ...

Google’s search algorithms are showing multiple languages in the sitelinks for Google Search Console. Regardless of whether this is new or not, it may give an idea of how the underlying algorithm ...

When it comes to detecting bias in algorithms, researchers are trying to learn from the information security field – and particularly, from the bug bounty-hunting hackers who comb through software ...

A “significant” bug, with the potential to expose users’ true transactions, has been spotted in the privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero (XMR), according to a Twitter post on Tuesday. The bug, ...

Cosmos already patched its Tendermint consensus protocol on July 2. Decentralized data network Bluzelle (BLZ) discovered a bug in the Tendermint consensus algorithm used by the Cosmos (ATOM) ...