'I feel free': Australia's social media ban, one month on

For the first time in years, Amy feels free. One month since Australia's teen social media ban kicked in, she says she is ...

A red pixel in the snow: How AI solved the mystery of a missing mountaineer

Scouring remote areas for missing walkers and climbers can take rescuers weeks and sometimes months. AI can do the job in a ...

Lights, camera, algorithm: Why Indian cinema is awash with AI

The world's biggest film industry has a new breakout star – artificial intelligence. Indian cinema is embracing AI more ...
TechCrunch

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...
Times Union

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelley Cotter, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed ...
BBC

Will the US TikTok deal make it safer but less relevant?

TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance has signed a deal with investors to run its business in the US. But what does this mean for the over 170 million Americans (or so the social media platform claims) who ...
BBC

Finding and eating wild food

Where do you get your fruit and vegetables – a supermarket, a greengrocer... or the wild? For our distant ancestors, foraging for wild food was vital for survival, while these days we tend to rely on ...
The Washington Post

TikTok’s mental health ‘rabbit hole’? It’s not in your head.

TikTok’s algorithm favors mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and Taylor Swift, according to a Washington Post analysis. At first, the mental health-related videos ...