Australia has recently taken a decisive step in regulating the digital lives of young people by banning access to major ...

The Internet revolution has brought extraordinary benefits and fuelled rapid innovation. Yet alongside this progress came the rise of social media, a defining pillar of Web 2.0. This new era ...

The Meta-owned app is introducing “Your Algorithm,” accessible through an icon in the upper right corner of Reels - a user’s video feed - which displays the topics Instagram believes users are ...

If you have pre-school-aged grandchildren, or kids in the first couple of years of primary school, it is almost certain that they will have watched YouTube this week. That is because YouTube – for ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...

What’s happened? Instagram is testing a new feature that gives users more control over the type of content they see on the platform. Why is this important? Instagram’s algorithm plays a major role in ...

Managed accounts are launching in the US, making it easier to curate what your children can listen to. Managed accounts are launching in the US, making it easier to curate what your children can ...

Spotify is rolling out managed accounts to more countries, including the U.S. Managed accounts allow parents to manage the music their kids listen to. At the same time, kids are free to listen to ...