Internet and websites

At the heart of every bot-detection tool is a human's gut feeling—and all the messiness that comes with it.

Younger people seek answers on TikTok and Instagram—Google hopes to lure them back with more visual, infinite scrolling search results.

Amid protests against the killing of Mahsa Amini, authorities have cut off mobile internet, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The death toll continues to rise.

Millennials, the first generation to be online as kids, are starting to feel like we’ve aged out. Is there a way to age gracefully on the internet?

The Maroon 5 frontman’s alleged Instagram messages are taking on a life of their own.

Yes, you can take some control back from the algorithms in these and other social media accounts.

Telling people to quit the platform is less effective than stopping influential elites from using the site in harmful ways.

US lawmakers keep warning about the popular app. But until they can explain what makes it uniquely dangerous, it’s difficult to tailor a resolution.

The social media platform just made it easier to find out who your children are interacting with online.

Botmasters have created a Kafkaesque system where companies are paying huge sums to show their ads to bots. And everyone is fine with this.

In the battle over Twitter’s future, the number of bots on the platform is a key issue. Problem is, nobody knows how to count them.

Automated accounts are the target of ire and the linchpin of Elon Musk’s attempt to break his deal with the platform. But some are benign—or even helpful.

The Maroon 5 frontman’s alleged Instagram messages are taking on a life of their own.

Millennials, the first generation to be online as kids, are starting to feel like we’ve aged out. Is there a way to age gracefully on the internet?

An orchestrated attack went after an independent news website and harvested swathes of Facebook user data. And nobody can stop it.

The UK's tech-savvy head of state was queen of a thousand memes.

Samizdat Online syndicates banned news sites by hosting them on uncensored domains—allowing people to access independent reporting.

The ever-popular battle royale's Creative mode offers a freedom that has long outstripped the base game itself.

Virtual YouTubers, or streamers who use digital avatars, are part of a growing creative community. And it's not as hard (or costly) as you might think.