Last month, Twitter users uncovered a disturbing example of bias on the platform: An image-detection algorithm designed to optimize photo previews was cropping out Black faces in favor of white ones.

To improve computational efficiency, the algorithm employs a distributed computing framework, efficiently distributing computational tasks across multiple computing units. Through a parallel ...

Can I level with you? I’m not always sure I know what people are talking about when they say algorithm? You’re not alone: Honestly, I haven’t always been sure what I meant when I said it either.