What started as a cryptic entry about a killer statue became a sprawling universe of supernatural fiction and it spread like ...

Nadella wrote that he wants users to stop thinking of AI as “slop” and start thinking of it as “bicycles for the mind.” Many ...

You already know that the internet is a weird place. But it’s a weird place we get to choose to visit when we want to be entertained, or find information, or do work. Then, we generally go outside and ...

A Reddit user’s viral post detailed purported secrets about an unnamed company — then used NBC News’ inquiry to further the ruse.

The modern web is filling up with machine-written text, synthetic images, and auto-generated video that look plausible at a ...

Anna’s Archive claims it has scraped almost all of Spotify. The archive includes metadata for 256 million tracks and audio for 86 million songs. The total size of the archive is nearly 300TB, being ...

June 30, 2025 — Computer scientist Laura Edelson and China researcher Jessica Batke discuss some of what they learned over the course of their 18-month investigation into China's online censorship ...

Today, most Americans subscribe to home broadband internet and own a smartphone, while about four-in-ten say they're online ...

Bruce Schneier and Zach Rosson study deliberate internet shutdowns - more than 240 in 2025 - as means of silencing societies.

'Tis the season for holiday gift guides. You know, the ones that suggest 31 fish gifts for your fish-obsessed friends. They're everywhere this time of year, though nowhere quite as surprising as a ...

Crypto markets slid as traders turned risk-averse amid renewed Fed leadership speculation, tightening liquidity and broader macro uncertainty. Leverage surged in the crypto market, with $527 million ...