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?

Lindsey Vonn knows the Olympic downhill course better than anyone. So how did the standout lose control and crash just 12.5 ...

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 ...

There is a new sorting algorithm a deterministic O(m log2/3 n)-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...