Can ❤️s change minds? How social media influences public opinion and news circulation
To maximize the benefits of social media while minimizing its harms, we need to better understand how it works and...
TECHNOLOGY
IRS is using $60B funding boost to ramp up use of technology to collect taxes − not just hiring more enforcement agents
The IRS has relied on technology for decades, as this 1965 photo taken in its Philadelphia office shows. US News...
Your iPhone will soon be able to track your mental health with iOS 17, but what are the implications for your well-being?
A new mood tracker will ask users to rate how they feel both daily and in random moments. (Shutterstock)When Apple’s...
What is geospatial intelligence? A geographer explains the powerful melding of maps and data
Where + what = geospatial intelligence. Peter Steffen/picture alliance via Getty ImagesWith record-breaking temperatures across the South, smoke from Canadian...
Experts alone can’t handle AI – social scientists explain why the public needs a seat at the table
Tech leaders like Alphabet CEO Sundar Picha and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, seen here entering the White House, are just...
A battlefield for ants? New study on ant warfare shows we could manipulate their fights
Bruce Webber, CC BY-SAHumans are not the only animals that go to war. Ants do so too, and on a...
The US and China may be ending an agreement on science and technology cooperation − a policy expert explains what this means for research
A decades-old science and technology cooperative agreement between the United States and China expires on Aug. 27, 2023. On the...
Social media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows
Social media pushes evolutionary buttons. AP Photo/Manish SwarupPeople’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn from others, with...
Tipping etiquette and norms are in flux − here’s how you can avoid feeling flustered or ripped off
Digital payment methods may automatically prompt you to leave a gratuity. AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhTipping has gotten more complicated –...
The US navy is still more powerful than China’s: more so than the Australian government is letting on
The federal Labor government today used the ALP national conference to address internal dissent over the controversial AUKUS security pact...
