social networks

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made it no secret that he wants all of the company’s apps to be one big happy family

Sixteen years ago, the sun set on Web 1.0, and we embarked by the light of our smartphones to 24/7 connectivity,…

It appears the Trump administration is drafting an executive order that has the potential to radically change how…

The role social networks play in affording a space for hateful and violent content has been put on disturbing…

That technology might be bad for our health, that it’s manipulating us, isn’t a revelatory take, but it’s one that…

Google has never made a successful social network, but you have to give the company some credit for never giving up.…

It now seems to be a truth universally acknowledged that social media is bad—bad for our well-being and privacy, too…

Instagram has pulled from its platform a post by former Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos that seemingly…

Facebook just reported a massive data breach. Nearly 50 million accounts were affected by the breach, though it remai…

“People You May Know.” “Suggested Friends.” “Suggestions for you.” No matter what it’s called, most of the social…

Gun violence moves through a city the way a virus moves the body: predictably, but with uncanny precision. New…

Whether someone’s stolen your credentials or you really can’t remember your password, if you’re ever locked out of…

You can’t complain about Facebook News Feed serving you up stuff you’re not interested in if you haven’t taken the…

If you haven’t yet heard, the chatbots are coming—ready to take your pizza order, answer your technical support…

If you’ve got a suspicion someone else has gained access to your social media accounts, it’s not difficult to…

It was a big deal for the people of Vietnam when the President of the United States visited their country earlier…

People aren’t sharing as much about their personal lives on Facebook as they used to, and so the company is…

Everybody lies. We can’t help it. We exaggerate details to seem more fun, we highlight specifics to get more…

An intrepid team of postdocs at the Santa Fe Institute pulled off a hell of a feat last week. They gleaned some…

You have to stay on Facebook to see photos of the nieces and nephews and stay in the loop about Friday drinks—but…