More than 800 U.S. TikTok users shared their data with The Washington Post. We used it to find out why some people become power users, spending hours per day scrolling. Each circle in the chart ...

In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...

In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.

Technology stocks aren’t carrying the market like they used to — but investors can protect their portfolios during the volatility. After years of powering the market on the promise of revolutionizing ...

President Donald Trump's determined to implement tariffs despite a Supreme Court ruling on Feb. 20 striking down the president's emergency tariffs from last year. Trump announced on social media he ...

The NBA is ready to do something about tanking. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Thursday that commissioner Adam Silver told NBA general managers that the league plans to implement “anti-tanking rule ...

One of the marquee events at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will crown its winner on Feb. 19 with the women’s figure skating free skating final. The United States, featuring a team known as “The ...

This will be the first meeting between the United States and Sweden at these Olympics. Gregory Shamus / Getty Images Following an undefeated stretch in the preliminary round, Team USA’s men’s Olympic ...

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...

In case you had any doubt, Elon Musk’s X has an algorithm that favors conservative content posted by political activists over liberal content or posts by traditional news media accounts, according to ...

There's one figure skating competition left on the Milan Cortina schedule. Medals will be awarded in the women's figure skating event Thursday at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The two-skate event wraps up ...

Ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans are again pushing for legislation that requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to vote. The Trump-backed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or ...