As first salvos go, Manitoba’s Bill 49 should probably be viewed not an effort not to deal with an imaginary problem, but one ...

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings Sunday that U.S. intelligence did not suggest an imminent threat from Iran or that it was preparing to launch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz is pictured in Jerusalem. Hannes P Albert/dpa Israel has carried out a pre-emptive strike ...

In 2026, the U.S. courts and regulators are weighing whether prediction markets—like those for sports bets—are federally controlled by the CFTC or subject to state gambling laws. While some courts ...

A new study published 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 a more ...

Meta on Wednesday debuted an AI feature called "Dear Algo" that lets Threads users personalize their content-recommendation algorithms. Threads users will be able to tell the Dear Algo tool what kinds ...

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 ...

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...

Florida lawmakers have increasingly filed bills to preempt, or override, local government authority. This trend marks a shift from Florida's history as a strong "home rule" state that protected local ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Faced with a barrage of complaints, Xcel Energy used a legislative committee hearing Friday to explain and defend its decision to preemptively cut power in ...

In 2023, the website then known as Twitter partially open sourced its algorithm for the first time. In those days, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk had only recently acquired the platform, and he claimed ...

X is revamping the algorithm that ranks posts in the "For You" feed. The engineering team said it will post changes to the algorithm on GitHub every four weeks, including explainers on changes. The ...