TikTok took a major step toward avoiding a U.S. ban last week. Its chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, announced that the company ...

Can a thought-controlled wheelchair or robotic dog become as second nature to control as the movement of one’s legs and arms? In Shanghai, scientists have shown that this is no longer the stuff of ...

In Spain, police have developed technology to work out how at-risk women might be from domestic violence. Some people have grave concerns about how often the algorithm is wrong.

TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance must sever ties with TikTok or lose access to U.S. app stores and web-hosting ...

TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance must sever ties with TikTok or lose access to U.S. app stores and web-hosting ...

If you're wondering who is Justin Theroux's character in Fallout Season 2, here's everything you need to know about Mr. House ...

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 ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

KJ Apa's alter ego, Mr. Fantasy, just released his first song. (Photo illustration: Julia Meslener/Yahoo News; photos: iamtherealmrfantasy/TikTok, Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images) Who is Mr ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...