TikTok USDS Joint Venture now runs TikTok in the United States, as the popular video sharing app avoids being banned following threats from the US government.

TikTok has secured its future by agreeing to split the US app from the global business. But the deal will spark changes to ...

An old 1986 newspaper showing math teachers protesting calculators has gone viral, sparking discussions about how fears of ...

Taken together, a clear pattern is emerging—that AI today is powerful enough to justify decisions, filter reality, and amplify harm, but not yet mature enough to be trusted with consequences. It is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. X may soon provide more insight into how its algorithm works. On Saturday, Elon Musk posted on the platform to say that the ...

Google has rolled out fewer confirmed search ranking updates in 2025, then it did in all the past years where Google confirmed these updates. Google rolled out only four confirmed updates in 2025, ...

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In surgical procedures, the last knot of a suture is crucial because it must hold the wound firmly in place to allow proper healing. But many surgeons struggle to apply the perfect tension. Tie it too ...

For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come ...

Young people with fewer financial resources, especially boys, are the most exposed to advertising about how to make easy money. So confirms a pioneering study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), which ...

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.