The big picture: Ursula von der Leyen recently confirmed that the European Union will take a more active role in addressing social media addiction driven by algorithmic design. The German politician, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon that causes multiple senses to mix. For some synesthetes, time isn’t just a ticking clock, but rather ...

Thomas Mulligan explains the complex nature of time travel by analyzing the inconsistent causal loop (the grandfather paradox) and the consistent causal loop (the bootstrap paradox). Beloved TV star ...

Science fiction has made it abundantly clear, whether it's in a super-cool DeLorean or a phone booth operated by two total dudes, time isn't always on your side. Traveling through it can lead to ...

We used to have a proper society. That's unfortunately a thing of the past. Will we ever regain what we've lost? It's hard to say, but the odds of that happening anytime soon aren’t looking great.

Human-in-the-loop (HITL) has emerged as the default answer to concerns about AI trust, safety and governance. The logic is that when AI systems make decisions that affect people, a human should be ...

Armed with some Python and a white-hot sense of injustice, one medical student spent six months trying to figure out whether an algorithm trashed his job application.

Depression is a debilitating mental health disorder characterized by persistent low mood, a loss of interest in everyday activities, repetitive negative thinking and possible changes in appetite ...

Tennis star Taylor Fritz and influencer Morgan Riddle have broken up after a nearly six-year-long relationship, Us Weekly can confirm. Fritz and Riddle, both 28, “quietly split over a month ago,” a ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s April Windows 11 update KB5083769 is causing severe boot loops and Blue Screen of Death crashes on some PCs. The issue particularly affects HP and Dell computers, ...

Mitchell Brown is a Wisconsin-based writer, film fanatic, and graduate of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who has written for various publications covering film analysis, reviews (both classic and ...