The impacts of social media algorithms are manifold: Algorithmically powered newsfeeds on social media threaten to destabilize countries and governments around the world, deeply impact mental health, ...

Todd Beaupré, Rene Ritchie, and Katarina Mogus at VidCon 2026's panel "Decoding the Algorithm: What Your Audience Actually Wants on YouTube." Credit: Kristy Puchko / Mashable VidCon is a premier ...

Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content, according to a recent post from Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Specifically, Mosseri was showing off new ways that users might access Your ...

Adam Mosseri wants AI to give users a sense of control over recommendations. Adam Mosseri wants AI to give users a sense of control over recommendations. is a senior reporter covering technology, ...

Noah Giansiracusa asks: How nutritious is your social media diet? Containing too much social media 'junk food,' he notes for Science News Explores, can have deleterious effects, and so individuals ...

Social media platforms use complex algorithms to decide what content appears on each user's feed. These systems are designed to filter massive amounts of posts and prioritize the ones most likely to ...

Jon Rahm is second in the odds, behind Scottie Scheffler, to win the Masters. Andrew Redington / Getty Images The calendar has flipped to April, and it’s time for the 90th edition of the Masters. The ...

An 11-game slate highlights Thursday's MLB Opening Day schedule, which begins at 1:15 p.m. ET, with the last first pitch coming at 10:10 p.m. ET. There are a number of high-quality options in the MLB ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.

Why do amorphous materials flow so slowly when temperature or density is mildly changed? Competing explanations typically fall into two pictures, where the dynamics is either controlled by the static ...

Social media algorithms determine what billions of users see daily, yet most creators barely scratch the surface of how they operate. Platforms prioritize content ranking using engagement metrics, ...