Tech giants such as YouTube have looked to curb the spread of low-quality ‘AI slop’, but they also view AI-generated content ...

Southern writer Sean Dietrich traces how smartphones, algorithms and outrage culture killed newspapers, gutted reading and ...

Grocery shopping is quietly entering a new phase in which the numbers on the shelf are no longer fixed until the next weekly ...

When you add an image to a Word or PowerPoint document, the Copilot Plus computer should automatically generate a caption for ...

You might have seen headlines sounding the alarm about the safety of an emerging technology called agentic AI.

If you happen to be on a Texas highway sometime this summer, and see a 50,000-pound semi truck barreling along with nobody behind the wheel, just remember: A self-driving truck is less likely to kill ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

Personal recommendations continue to drive book discovery more than algorithms, social media, and other digital tools, according to the 2026 State of Reading Report released today by Everand and Fable ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Microsoft announced new agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. They can help to shrink the gap between ideation and production. Other Copilot updates include an expanded Voice mode. In the era of AI ...

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...

The LinkedIn algorithm can feel like a mysterious gatekeeper, deciding which posts reach only a few connections and which break free into wider feeds. For professionals, creators, and brands, ...