Social media algorithms are increasingly revealing users' sexual orientation or gender identity before they have consciously ...

X is boosting posts among mutual followers after finding that relationship data was missing from its algorithm, exposing the gap between predicting engagement and creating conversations people ...

For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was ...

Spend far too many hours mindlessly scrolling social media feeds, where a black-box algorithm fine-tuned for maximum ...

HyperTexting's new app aims to make the open web feel more like social media by turning websites, blogs, newsletters, and ...

I’ve removed all my social media apps — Instagram, Twitter, TikTok — and moved them onto an old iPhone I had lying around my ...

Todd Beaupré, Rene Ritchie, and Katarina Mogus at VidCon 2026's panel "Decoding the Algorithm: What Your Audience Actually Wants on YouTube." Credit: Kristy Puchko / Mashable VidCon is a premier ...

From viral hooks to full-length songs, social media is reshaping the music industry in ways few could have imagined. Musicians reveal whether songs are now being written for Reels and if audiences are ...

The excessive use of skincare products such as retinols and acids is causing chemical burns. Children and teenagers are suffering from immense consequences due to this trend.

A pedestrian walks by a sign at a LinkedIn office on July 26, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A new analysis covering more than a million social media posts found that ...

Ryan Broderick has watched digital media companies flame out — beholden to a single source of funding or a fickle algorithm. So in 2019, he decided to craft a backup plan, while still working as a ...