The validation economy reinforces the idea that South Asian culture requires Western approval to be legitimate. It positions ...

Little did I know the antidote to my self-conscious doomscrolling would be as simple as sitting still long enough to be truly ...

A New Year’s resolution to cancel a Spotify subscription and rekindle greater musical curiosity, featuring ideas from local artists.

Young men are consuming YouTube videos while they sleep, eat, work, rest, cook, bathe, and poop. And we just can’t seem to ...

It’s the metal, plastic, and wires that give the robot its shape and allow it to move around. Engineers in this field design ...

If you’ve ever opened YouTube and seen a talking AI SpongeBob, a looping slime video, or something that feels engineered to melt your brain just enough to keep you scrolling, congrats. Shah's 50-year ...

Learn how recommendation algorithms, streaming recommendations, and social media algorithms use content recommendation systems to deliver personalized recommendations. Pixabay, TungArt7 From movie ...

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The ...

In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel turns the camera on himself to ask a simple question: Why are you seeing his face? Using YouTube’s takeover of podcasts as a starting point, he explores ...

Spotify Wrapped and Apple Replay came out this week, prompting users to share their personalized summaries across social media. But music streaming services aren't the only platforms that are offering ...

Analysts working with top YouTube channels report Shorts older than 30 days receive fewer views. YouTube hasn't confirmed any algorithm change. Retention analysts say Shorts older than 28-30 days are ...

Good manners never go out of style, but they do occasionally need to be refreshed. In workplaces everywhere, that refresher couldn’t come sooner. In the decade since the previous edition of “Emily ...