A new study published in Nature has found that X's algorithm—the hidden system or "recipe" that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order—shifts users' political opinions in a more ...

When Ben Rosenfeld started working as a residential assistant at a Stanford University dorm, he encountered 77 freshmen possessed by an “all-consuming” force. His new gig coincided with the release of ...

A butterfly flaps its wings and weeks later a tornado touches down halfway around the world. Mathematician Edward Lorenz used the butterfly effect to explain chaos theory in the 1960s. Now, decades ...

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard line on a political issue, and the platform is quick to respond—serving up ...

Publisher's note: This series was paid for by National Minority Quality Forum. The views expressed are the authors' own. The Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) drug price negotiation provisions are ...

The US version of TikTok is now under the control of Larry Ellison’s Oracle and a number of investment firms. The US version of TikTok is now under the control of Larry Ellison’s Oracle and a number ...

Social media algorithms determine what billions of users see daily, yet most creators barely scratch the surface of how they operate. Platforms prioritize content ranking using engagement metrics, ...

The country’s top internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), requires that any company launching an AI tool with “public opinion properties or social mobilization capabilities" ...

The “Run Away” ending has everyone talking. Harlan Coben’s eight-episode thriller, inspired by his 2019 novel of the same name, is riding high on Netflix’s streaming charts, second only to “Stranger ...

This post contains spoilers for the series finale of Stranger Things. The Stranger Things kids are all right. They’re a little banged up and eternally trauma bonded, haunted by violent images of the ...