Internet

In the digital age, some scientists argue the emojisphere should better represent Earth’s biosphere—tardigrades, flatworms and all

Here’s how to plan COVID-safer holiday get-togethers, using websites that show viral levels in wastewater

Data voids in search results can lead down rabbit holes that bolster belief in fake news

Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fiction. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook

Whatever fantasies we may have had about the nonprofit structure of OpenAI have been eviscerated. While it remains a nonprofit, it’s proven entirely beholden to ruthless capitalism

Far-right extremists shifted their online hate from Muslims to Jews in 2017, and offline hate followed the same trends 

As social media more frequently exposes people to brutality and untruths, we need to treat it like a consumer product, and that means product safety regulations

Those fascinated with true crime podcasts may be more vulnerable to conspiratorial beliefs

A neural network can identify Wikipedia references that are unlikely to support an article’s claims—and scour the Web for better sources

After decades of messy, thoughtless design choices, corporations are using artificial intelligence to sell basic usability back to consumers

Next-generation 6G technology could “enable applications that we may not even imagine today”

In Iran and elsewhere, governments restrict Internet access to restrict freedoms. Companies that launch communications satellites can ensure a free and open Internet for all