The Minnesota Timberwolves look to extend their winning streak to six games when they battle the Orlando Magic in a key NBA matchup on Saturday afternoon. Orlando is coming off a 115-114 win over the ...

Chris Maddison was just an intern when he started working on the Go-playing AI that would eventually become AlphaGo. A decade later, he talks about that match against Lee Sedol and what came next ...

The size of Amazon Ads is staggering, with billions of impressions in categories such as fashion, fitness, and luxury. I have ...

There's always a lot of chatter on social media about "magic cakes." One seemingly impossible cake is mixed in one bowl but ends up in three layers after it's baked—as if some magic happens once it's ...

Timothy Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the Discovery Project, 'Understanding and Combatting "Dark Political Communication"'. A new study published today in ...

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

We’re rolling out Dear Algo, an AI-powered feature that lets you tell Threads what topics you temporarily want to see more or less of. You can repost someone else’s Dear Algo request to try their ...

The EU is threatening to take action against the social media company. It could be the start of a global reckoning. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...

There is a certain magic to New Orleans that has never been easy to explain to those who haven’t felt it for themselves. It isn’t just in the music drifting down Frenchmen or the rhythm of a second ...

European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children. By Adam Satariano Reporting from London TikTok’s endless ...