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Google overhauls its Maps app, adding in more AI features to help people get around
Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where... Read more
What makes a hit? On TikTok and Spotify, listeners only partly decide
TikTok is built for people to create and share their own content, so dance music... Read more
Are Google's 'preferred sources' a good thing for online news?
Why do you see the results you do when you search for information online? It's... Read more
'Smartphone-only' internet access deepens digital inequality, study finds
A new study examining digital behavior in Taiwan suggests that simply having internet access is... Read more
Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how
Online chat service Discord has announced it will begin testing age verification for some users,... Read more
Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back
Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes.... Read more
Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trial
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday at a groundbreaking social media addiction... Read more
YouTube says brief outage fixed
YouTube said late Tuesday it had fixed a widespread outage that hit hundreds of thousands... Read more
A new wave of romance scams is washing across the internet—here's how to stay safe
Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine... Read more
Instagram boss to testify at social media addiction trial
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri is to be called to testify Wednesday in a Los Angeles... Read more
YouTube rejects addiction claims in landmark social media trial
YouTube's legal team insisted Tuesday that the Google-owned video platform was not intentionally addictive or... Read more
OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI has begun placing ads in the basic versions of its ChatGPT chatbot, a bet... Read more
Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at landmark US trial
Meta and Google-owned YouTube were accused Monday of pushing highly addictive apps on children as... Read more
Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdown
Messaging platform Discord announced Monday it will implement enhanced safety features for teenage users globally,... Read more
Countries using internet blackouts to boost censorship: Proton
As countries step up their use of internet shutdowns to muzzle dissent, some are also... Read more