TikTok’s algorithm favors mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and Taylor Swift, according to a Washington Post analysis. At first, the mental health-related videos ...

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

Threads is testing a new way for users to manipulate their own recommendation algorithm. The feature, aptly called "Dear algo," allows users to post a message to the algorithm with the note "dear algo ...

Shares of robotics-linked stocks — iRobot Corp (NASDAQ: IRBT), Serve Robotics Inc (NASDAQ: SERV), Richtech Robotics Inc (NASDAQ: RR) — gained on the heels of a report indicating the Trump ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

George RR Martin is waging one of the most high-stakes copyright battles in decades. In October 2025, a New York federal judge denied OpenAI's request to dismiss Martin's accusations that ChatGPT had ...

Winter may be coming for OpenAI via George R.R. Martin’s legal fight against the company. Two years ago, the Game Of Thrones writer—along with a coalition of other Authors Guild members including John ...

Instagram is rolling out a new test that lets select users fine-tune what they’d like to see in their Reels and Explore feeds. Here’s what it looks like. Instagram lead Adam Mosseri took to Threads ...

The scales have tipped in favor of the 'Game of Thrones' author and his cohort suing OpenAI, with a recent ruling advancing two additional theories of infringement against the AI giant. By Winston Cho ...

If you’ve been on TikTok in the past couple of weeks, you’ve probably noticed people posting about belonging to “Group 7.” The trend is actually an experiment by indie singer Sophia James, who ...