Unfortunately, the regulatory framework remains focused on established media organizations and has failed to reflect ...

YouTube is testing a version of Home that listens before it recommends. The company announced that a new custom feed chip now ...

Symone Austin turned her financial crisis into success, going from a $131,000 job loss to earning $5,900/month on YouTube, amid personal finance challenges and new income strategies.

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

The music landscape of 2026 is no longer driven solely by radio play or album drops; it's fueled by the algorithmic pulse of TikTok and YouTube. From Megan Thee Stallion's unexpected collaboration on ...

Videos of the influencer Clavicular are inescapable online. Social media is awash with clips of his sharp-featured face and muscular body – the result of a "looksmaxxing" regimen that can include ...

When anthropology researcher Ashley McDermott was doing fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan a few years ago, she says many people voiced the same concern: Children were losing touch with their indigenous language ...

YouTube is officially retiring its Clips feature for users and replacing it with a “share at timestamp” option now rolling out to mobile apps on Android and iOS. Creators will still have access to ...

In this introspective video essay, we explore the realities of modern content creation and the influence of the YouTube algorithm. From analytics-driven decision-making to the struggle between ...

In a landmark decision, a California jury has awarded $3 million to a 20-year-old woman who claimed Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube intentionally design their platforms to be addictive and ...

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress. By Cecilia Kang Ryan Mac and Eli Tan Cecilia Kang reported from ...