Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questioning in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday about Instagram's under-13 users and Meta's efforts to boost engagement, as a trial examines whether the company ...

More than half of college students are lonely – and those who use social media the most are particularly likely to feel isolated, a study of tens of thousands of 18 to 24-year-olds in the US shows.

There is little evidence that the amount of time young people spend on social media is linked to later mental health issues, according to a new study. Research following more than 3,000 young people ...

To make autonomous driving safer and more reliable, Waymo (GOOG) (GOOGL) is using DeepMind’s Genie 3 AI model to create realistic digital worlds to help its autonomous vehicles handle hard-to-predict ...

Google-spinoff Waymo is in the midst of expanding its self-driving car fleet into new regions. Waymo touts more than 200 million miles of driving that informs how the vehicles navigate roads, but the ...

Google's AI world-building tech Project Genie, rolled out to US users only, enables the creation of 60-second virtual worlds. Shares in Take-Two, Roblox and Unity fell on the news of the announcement.

Australia recently decided to try something ambitious. Starting late last year, all children under 16 have been banned from having accounts on social-media sites such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram ...

It’s what I had the most fun using Google’s Project Genie for, at least right now. It’s what I had the most fun using Google’s Project Genie for, at least right now. is a senior reporter covering ...

An example of a virtual world created by Project Genie. Credit: Google Google has launched a new AI experiment called Project Genie, a tool that lets users build their own interactive virtual worlds.

In two recent polls, a majority of U.S. adults said they use social media to get health information. July 2025 by KFF, a leading health policy research nonprofit: 55% said they use social media “to ...

There appears to be a "Goldilocks zone" when it comes to social media use among teenagers. Too much social media use can negatively affect a teenager's well-being, a new study finds, dovetailing with ...

"I feel overwhelmed, scared, and unsure of what steps to take next," the woman wrote on Reddit Nicki Cox joined the PEOPLE team in 2025 as a Staff Editor, Society and Culture. Her work previously ...