ATLANTA — For the past two weeks, drivers have been warned about the closure on I-285 between Cascade Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive — and this weekend, the traffic backups showed exactly why.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon nonprofit and its founder are being sued by the attorney general for allegedly stealing charitable funds meant to help victims of wildfires, floods and tornadoes. The ...

Noah Giansiracusa asks: How nutritious is your social media diet? Containing too much social media 'junk food,' he notes for Science News Explores, can have deleterious effects, and so individuals ...

Social media platforms use complex algorithms to decide what content appears on each user's feed. These systems are designed to filter massive amounts of posts and prioritize the ones most likely to ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Tim Higgins: A lot is written about Elon Musk. What did he say when you told him ...

If recent events have not compelled you to cancel your Washington Post subscription, then you might have been in for sticker shock at the dawn of your latest billing cycle. Many readers have been ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.

From litigation to federal prisons to criminal investigations, artificial intelligence appears to have touched nearly every corner of the Department of Justice in the past year. Just two years ago, ...

The EU is threatening to take action against the social media company. It could be the start of a global reckoning. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...