First surfacing in 2021, the “dead internet theory” is the idea that the future internet will be largely driven by autonomous ...

The early internet was more than a playground—it was an accidental archive of humanity’s digital adolescence. Today, that archive is vanishing. Platforms delete old forums, purge “low-value” content, ...

Over the last two years, a series of updates to Google Search amount to a dramatic upheaval to the Internet's most powerful tool, complete with an unprecedented AI feature. Will Google save the ...

This Safer Internet Day, WebWise are inviting parents, educators, schools, and young people to consider how alogrithms and influencers shape young lives. The annual day works as a reminder to ...

Algorithms: From the ancients to the internet Algorithms are everywhere today, making an enormous number of transactions and operations more efficient.

Lizzo says there's no song of the summer because of social media algorithms: "It is stressing people the fuck out" ...

For a long time, I raged against the algorithm. "My phone is listening to me," I whispered into the unheeding darkness when an advert popped up for a thing I'd only ever mentioned in passing. 'Is ...

Can Internet Algorithms Be Regulated? China Is Giving It a Shot. Chinese regulators are taking unprecedented steps to rein in the power of algorithms, the automated systems that shape the internet.

Algorithms dictate everything you see online -- including this story. Despite their power, we know little about how they work.