U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, a Palm Harbor Republican, has focused on online protections. He filed the Kids Online Safety (KOSA) Act ( HR 6484) in December. That bill has since become part of the larger ...

Algorithms shape our lives and steal our focus. Rituals can help us not only regain control of our attention; they're also a ...

While internal emails reveal Meta executives once described themselves as "pushers," Mark Zuckerberg faces a jury to argue ...

Instagram has announced it will begin alerting parents if their teenagers repeatedly search for terms related to suicide and ...

Therapist testifies in landmark lawsuit against Meta and YouTube over alleged social media addiction harming teen mental ...

Dear Algo! That’s it. Parents, kids, just give in. Talk to the algorithm. She knows what’s best. Larry Wilson is on the ...

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through the way they design their platforms, deliberately addicting kids and failing to protect them ...

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 report finds that of 154 specific claims about how AI will benefit the climate, just a quarter cited academic research. A third included no evidence at all. Joshi, an energy researcher, was ...

Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle will spend over $700 billion on data centers this year. This company can expect a huge increase in revenue regardless of how big tech allocates its budget ...