While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

W hen Melina Duterte goes out with friends, they play a game. If Duterte, who records as Jay Som, is with company at a coffee shop, bar, or restaurant and they hear a song by a contemporary indie ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

Do you remember the early days of social media? The promise of connection, of democratic empowerment, of barriers crumbling and gates opening? In those heady days, the co-founder of Twitter said that ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

Jay Som is ready to bring us back into her world, or rejoin us in ours. On Oct. 10, the musician will share the full-length LP Belong as her first album in six years. During her absence, the ...

Jay Som is back with her first new album in six years. Belong is out October 10 via Polyvinyl. For the follow-up to 2019’s Anak Ko, Melina Duterte tapped Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Mini Trees’ Lexi ...