Internet

Online spaces are rife with toxicity. Well-designed AI tools can help clean them up
Imagine scrolling through social media or playing an online game, only to be interrupted by... Read more
Brazil judge makes new requests to allow X to be reinstated from suspension
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday added conditions for Elon Musk's X... Read more
One Tech Tip: Using Instagram's new teen account settings to supervise young users
Worried about your teen's Instagram use? Faced with growing pressure to do more to stop... Read more
Study of data from start of pandemic examined changes in privacy and data choices
A crisis can alter one's personal considerations of the benefits and costs related to choices... Read more
How Google allegedly monopolized the ad technology market
Google has monopolized the technology used to buy and sell online display ads by restricting... Read more
YouTube launches new TV-focused tools for creators
YouTube beefed up tools for creators on Wednesday as it competes with streaming rivals such... Read more
X update allows app to bypass Brazil ban: Internet providers
Elon Musk's X social network carried out an automatic update overnight on phone applications that... Read more
Algorithmic insight could combat clickbait and fake news
The media landscape is increasingly complicated. It is also plagued by sensationalism and a disconnection... Read more
Why is the internet overflowing with rubbish ads—and what can we do about it?
It is difficult to spend any time on the internet these days without being inundated... Read more
Study finds that thousands of browser extensions compromise user data
Browser extensions, the software add-ons that help users customize and enhance their web browsers, are... Read more
Opinion: The internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?
When it comes to our experience of the internet, "the times, they are a-changin'," as... Read more
Opinion: Have you heard of the open source internet? The antidote to a capitalist web already exists
In the early days of the internet, famously, no one knew if you were a... Read more
Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children
Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform... Read more
Going once, going twice: Google's millisecond ad auctions are the focus of monopoly claim
It happens in milliseconds, ideally, as you browse the web. Networks of computers and software... Read more
Meta's home county backs call for warning labels on social media posts
San Mateo County, California, home to tech giant Meta, urged Congress to pass legislation requiring... Read more