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 praised…
Facebook just reported a massive data breach. Nearly 50 million accounts were affected by the breach, though it remains…
“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 research…
Whether someone’s stolen your credentials or you really can’t remember your password, if you’re ever locked out of your…
You can’t complain about Facebook News Feed serving you up stuff you’re not interested in if you haven’t taken the time…
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 check—and…
It was a big deal for the people of Vietnam when the President of the United States visited their country earlier this…
People aren’t sharing as much about their personal lives on Facebook as they used to, and so the company is reportedly…
Everybody lies. We can’t help it. We exaggerate details to seem more fun, we highlight specifics to get more sympathy,…
An intrepid team of postdocs at the Santa Fe Institute pulled off a hell of a feat last week. They gleaned some useful…
You have to stay on Facebook to see photos of the nieces and nephews and stay in the loop about Friday drinks—but you…
Despite its recent problems, Twitter remains a powerful source for real-time thoughts, moods, trends, and news—and…
A New York judge has ruled that tagging someone in a Facebook post—and the subsequent notification that it generates—…
Despite Twitter owning Periscope, the service’s live feeds only ever showed up in timelines as links that you had to…
Of course you want to wish all of your social media followers a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, but what happens…
With close to one-and-a-half billion people currently on Facebook, keeping a low profile can be tricky. It’s in the…
Facebook uses a whole host of algorithms to work out which ads are most relevant to you, but you can take some control…
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