People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

In Olympia, Aaron Ping turns grief into activism, supporting legislative efforts to safeguard minors from addictive social ...

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard ...

Social media algorithms driven by AI shape far more than what appears on our screens, including how we think, feel, and ...

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Social media algorithms keep seniors scrolling through outrage instead of family updates, increasing isolation despite promises of digital connection.

The world feels like it’s come unmoored. Democratic institutions are wobbling, alliances are fracturing, and the basic fabric of shared reality is being shredded. The chaos we’re witnessing not just a ...

Billionaire investor and television personality Mark Cuban on Monday argued social media algorithms will play a large role in the 2024 election, calling those who control the algorithms “the most ...

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the ...

It’s a situation many of us know all know too well: You find yourself endlessly scrolling through social media, only to realize that much more time has passed than you realized, or intended to spend ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Social media platforms often guess what you want to see but you can change your algorithm with a few taps on your screen. Let’s start with Instagram. Every time ...