In today’s post-truth era, where “objective truth” has lost influence in the public sphere, it is becoming increasingly ...

At its core, the rise of “fake news” is first and foremost a sign that we have failed as a society to teach our citizens how to think critically about data and information. Take that email from a ...

Doxing (or doxxing) is the practice of revealing personal information about someone online without their consent. The word first emerged in the world of online hackers in the 1990s, where anonymity ...

I receive a never-ending stream of investment research and news emails in my inbox. Most of them are unsolicited, and I usually ignore them. But a recent email from a respected research firm piqued my ...

What if the fundamental “stuff” of the universe isn’t matter or energy, but information? That’s the idea some theorists are pursuing as they search for ever-more elegant and concise descriptions of ...