Opinion: The 2009 vs. 2019 profile picture trend may or may not have been a data collection ruse to train its facial recognition algorithm. But we can't afford to blithely play along.
The egg feels absurd, but it’s part of a viral playbook we’ve seen before.
Nearly everyone now has a decade of photos in their pockets.
The newly elected congressmember offers older colleagues a master class in social media.
In 2018, all we wanted was tea and sympathy. But by the look of Twitter, 2019’s vibe is slanting towards dogged, intentional improvement.
We've all got cameras in our pockets—but how do those countless photos we take every year change our brains and emotions?
The internet has been awash with misinformation for years, but researchers are finally realizing it's hard to quantify the scope of its impact.
2018 saw the emergence of female artists whose online presence managed to be savvy without being sentimental, sensitive but still cynical.
YouTube has had a harrowing, high-profile year, and its growing pains reflect the garbage mess that is America in 2018.
Artificial intelligence has proved effective at keeping nudity and pornography off of Facebook. But recognizing hate speech and bullying is a much tougher task.