A recent study shows that AI-powered social media bots can increase user engagement on posts, but they fall short of encouraging users to post more overall. The study, "Does Social Bot Help Socialize?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel will have to testify in an upcoming trial that deals with social media safety and whether the executives' platforms are ...

If you like checking social media at work, all that scrolling could have a surprising impact long after you put down the phone. A Rutgers-led study, published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior ...

A new study published in Behavior Genetics offers a fresh and nuanced perspective on the ongoing debate over social media's impact on well-being. Using genetically informative data from over 6,000 ...

Major global outage impacts popular apps and websites, looking at the safety of the NFL, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x America's tech companies invented social media. Now, the rest of the world is ...

In a weakened Atlantic Coast Conference, Miami football entered Week 8 of the college football season not only looking like the team with the clearest-cut path to the conference championship game but ...

Increasing social media usage among children has been linked to a decline in cognitive performance. A JAMA study involving 6,554 adolescents aged 9–13 found that those who spent more time on social ...

Dr. Tommy Martin, Dr. Zachary Meade and Dr. Betsy Grunch all have big social media followings. Here's why they post. (Photo illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Yahoo News; photos: Courtesy of Dr. Tommy ...

Three major U.S. labor unions have filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that it is using artificial intelligence and social media monitoring to suppress dissent among ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson revealed his 2026 budget plan Thursday and in it was a mention of a social media-based tax. But what exactly is that and what would it mean if the budget is passed?

Three labor unions represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the Trump administration on Thursday over a program that is searching the social media posts of visa holders, arguing that the ...

Alex Beattie receives funding from The Royal Society Te Apārangi. He is a recipient of a Marsden Fast Start Grant. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of ...