Zuckerberg testifies in LA trial over teen-harm claims as plaintiffs seek to narrow Section 230 and hold platforms liable for addictive algorithms and design.

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 ...

Courts are weighing whether Meta, Google, and other platforms can be held responsible for algorithm-driven harm to children ...

But they subscribed to a general-interest newspaper, so they happened upon its books coverage occasionally—and, sometimes, ...

Lindsey Vonn knows the Olympic downhill course better than anyone. So how did she lose control just 12.5 seconds into her run and crash at the Milan Cortina Winter Games?

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

A new bill would hold social media platforms responsible for foreseeable algorithmic harms. A new bill would hold social media platforms responsible for foreseeable algorithmic harms. is a senior ...

While I agree with Sen. John Curtis’s sentiment, he makes the same mistake Democrats do, believing that “big” industry should be held responsible for individual actions (“An Online Loophole That ...

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Social media rumors falsely claim Section 8 housing assistance will have a two-year cap or be ended entirely. President Trump's 2026 budget proposes overhauling Section 8 and other HUD programs, but ...