On a bright Wednesday morning on the glass-encased 38th floor of One World Trade Center, about a dozen cartoonists waited anxiously outside Bob Mankoff’s office for a chance to pitch The New Yorker’s ...

Algorithms are much in vogue these days—maybe too much in vogue. The step-by-step procedure they employ for guaranteeing a result, unfortunately, comes with no actual guarantee: By the way, while ...

Computer algorithms and code impact basic aspects of our lives. When the are used for a civic purpose that demands transparency, the underlying programs should be made public. Cartoon by Andy Singer.