Risks from new AI tools, from mental-health struggles to job loss and real-world harm, are rattling even some in Silicon Valley.

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

To address these concerns, the bipartisan package of bills — consisting of Senate Bill 495 and House Bill 4141 — requires ...

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I grew up in a small town, went to a Catholic school, knew all my classmates well. There were the normal moments of kids teasing and picking on each other. There may have been a few targeted ...

Cryptography secures communication in banking, messaging, and blockchain. Good algorithms (AES, RSA, ECC, SHA-2/3, ChaCha20) are secure, efficient, and widely trusted. Bad algorithms (DES, MD5, SHA-1, ...

You see bullying at sporting events almost every week now. Television and social media are full of videos of adults stealing souvenirs from children. It doesn’t seem to matter what sport it is; there ...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a revolutionary shift in the financial landscape, offering a blockchain-based system that facilitates transactions without relying on traditional intermediaries like ...