Twenty years ago, cultural curators were people who staked their reputations on what they championed. Today, the curator is an algorithm, and it’s reshaping culture at every level — what gets made, ...

A nostalgic hit built out of vintage pop-culture references captured the “If you liked that, you’ll like this” spirit of Netflix. In the summer of 2016, streaming TV was still figuring itself out.

Last week, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi’s remarkably swift media rehabilitation, and the response surprised me. That column argued that modern media rewards spectacle over substance, but it also hinted ...

Seventeen is a lot. It is surely the sign of a United Nations insider that they can remember the names and numbers (and even the associated colours) of each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals ...

Have you been harmed by a social media algorithm? If so, U.S. Sen. John Curtis wants to let you sue. The Algorithm Accountability Act, introduced Tuesday by Curtis and co-sponsored by Arizona Democrat ...

Music is blending into an algorithm-generated playlist, cinema is dominated by blockbuster movies from decades-old franchises, and the rest of the cultural scene is as flat and bland as a pancake.

Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ...

A man sits and plays a piano painted with vibrant colors on the concourse level of MARTA's Arts Center Station. Floor to ceiling glass art is behind him along a wall of windows. (Photo courtesy MARTA ...

Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy’s explanation for why the company is cutting 14,000 employees? Not money. Not even AI, but “culture.” The layoff announcement this week was “not really financially ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. TikTok’s algorithm, which shapes what more than a billion users see, has developed an almost mystical reputation for ...

In reality, the Dodgers aren’t ruining baseball. They’ve just been showing everyone else how the game should be played. Whether it’s spending more than any other team or trying to become MLB’s first ...