If you've shopped online ... algorithms were only going to get more common. "Firms are trying to maximize profits and they're trying to do it in a way that's legal and competitive," he said. "It's ...

An experiment by researchers in Bologna used algorithms similar to those manipulated by online shopping sites and found they were able to 'collude' to artificially hike up prices. The ...

But when the online shopping is done ... Sure, these algorithms know me, they know me so, so well. But they also see me as a sort of static being, my tastes are my tastes. Except I'm not a ...

Algo-shopping Inside internet retail This is the second part in a two-part series about the algorithms in online shopping. Read part one, about the software that runs Amazon’s warehouses – and ...

California: A recent research has shed light on recommendation algorithms that can make a customer's online shopping experience quicker, easier and more efficient by recommending complementary ...

If you’re under the impression that something as simple as sorting numbers is dull, think again. This visualization lets you see and hear fifteen different algorithms sift their way through a ju ...

What’s more, these algorithms may effectively be colluding in a way that’s bad for consumers. Originally, online shopping was hailed as a benefit to consumers because it allowed them to easily ...

uses data analytics to take the guesswork out of online shopping. Well-known department stores and brands, like Macy’s, Nordstrom, and Guess, use True Fit’s algorithms on their e-commerce ...