"Reward learning" can describe both behavior on social media and animals seeking food, research suggests.

Our newfound ability to reincarnate the dead as chatbots presents several legal and ethical dilemmas.

Social media platform Clubhouse is a buzzy Silicon Valley darling, but its core attribute – audio chat – is unlikely to be a flash in the pan.

Facebook's choice of profits over the people is difficult to reconcile with its commitment to free speech.

Facebook's choice of profits over the people is difficult to reconcile with its commitment to free speech.

Misinformation isn't an inevitable product of social media. Proven techniques can help tech companies clean up their acts.

The battle between media companies and foreign governments over who controls the news dates back some 150 years, to when European and US wire services dictated the world's headlines.

New research uses 133 million tweets to analyze how racially segregated many cities in the United States continue to be.

Deplatformed groups can all too easily flock to alternative platforms to coordinate.