Google purchased Waze for $1.15 billion in 2013. Why would it pay so much for an app that people can access for free, and that charges them nothing for usage? The answer is that information is ...

Majorities in 24 of the 25 countries surveyed see the spread of false information online as a major threat. Only in Israel do fewer than half of adults (43%) hold this view. An additional 27% of ...

When I started working at the Undergraduate Library, I learned firsthand how all of the wonder of libraries is upheld by complex systems of data management. At first, I was a little miffed by this.

When citizens know the truth, governments work better. When information flows freely, societies thrive. And when secrecy is replaced with sunlight, lives are saved. Credible information is a ...

Google has been slowly changing how it talks about ranking algorithms. Although Google hasn’t said anything actually new to sharp-eyed industry watchers, it is important to shine a light on what has ...