How do cutting-edge science and technology respond to ethical and legal issues when incorporated into society? These issues ...

Although there was no program or curriculum, there were a handful of existing UCSC faculty who taught courses focused on the ...

Poor oral health may increase dementia risk through both biological and social pathways, as reported by researchers from ...

LinkedIn has lured people leaving X and Facebook as content moderation and fact-checking there declined. I’m swearing off Instagram and X, where it’s too easy to get a distorted sense of the public’s ...

Controversial academic standards for social studies are unenforceable because Oklahoma’s top school board violated state open meeting laws when approving them, the state Supreme Court decided Tuesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that former State Superintendent Ryan Walters violated the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and, as a result, permanently invalidated the state's ...

For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come ...

Google today released its 2025 Year in Search list, but don’t mistake it for a ranking of the “top searches” or the “most searched” terms. This year’s recap focused on trending queries – the topics ...

Take your Social Security at 62. That’s the buzzy advice blowing up on TikTok and YouTube. Droves of “finfluencers,” as these social media personalities doling out financial tips are called, have been ...

The elected 15-member board, where Republicans hold a majority, discussed key topics that would fall under a new framework approved in September. Members heard from teachers, parents and students ...

Snapchat has introduced a new feature called “Topic Chats,” which allows users of the social network to participate in public conversations about popular trends. By its own admission, Snapchat has ...

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