Manipulative design tricks on the internet that make users perform unwanted clicks and purchases? What dark patterns are and ...

Dark patterns are web design features designed to trick users into sharing their data or spend more money. Watch out for tricks like hard-to-cancel subscriptions, hidden costs in the checkout process ...

Design patterns have evolved to address problems that are often encountered in software applications. They are solutions to recurring problems and complexities in software design. We’ve discussed many ...

This week, the trial starts in a consequential FTC lawsuit against Amazon. The suit alleges that Amazon for years "tricked" people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel.

An important element of this early Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera was the portrayal of the sorcerer as a domestic salesman rather than some exotic and mysterious being. It was the wares that were ...