To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...

Have you ever felt like your interactions with AI could be smarter, sharper, or just plain better? With the release of ChatGPT 5, many users are discovering its impressive ability to tackle complex ...

Local thieves partly responsible for an increase in the number of home break-ins around Los Angeles have adopted high-tech tactics police first observed being used by so-called tourist burglars to ...

Deep beneath Utah’s desert soil, an oil drill bored through the Earth at a blistering pace earlier this spring. Gnarly looking drill bits tore through granite at around 300 feet per hour. It was done ...

After two and a half years we have enough data to form a clearer picture about who is using AI, what they are using it for, what they think about it, and what it means for learning. What do students ...

For decades, Americans worried about their kids getting high. Now, alarming new data suggest they should be just as worried about their parents and grandparents—and demanding that their legislators ...

Students call it hypocritical. A senior at Northeastern University demanded her tuition back. But instructors say generative A.I. tools make them better at their jobs. By Kashmir Hill In February, ...

A year ago, I wrote a piece here about how people were really using gen AI. That article seemed to hit a note: It was popular, featured in viral posts, and the beautiful accompanying infographic has ...

A group of monkeys in India has developed a range of ingenious techniques to acquire food peacefully from devout tourists. Physicists used 'dark photons' in an effort to rewrite physics in 2025 ...

Organizations face a persistent barrage of email-borne threats almost daily. About 94% of businesses fall victim to email security incidents. Although many companies (79%) already have some type of ...