7 June 2023
The much hyped social media app Bluesky is meant to be doing things differently, but can its approach to content moderation really build a new social sphere, asks Annalee Newitz
1 March 2023
A bill that would empower the US president to ban TikTok from all devices nationwide has advanced beyond committee for discussion by Congress
17 January 2023
There's a lot of hype surrounding the idea of a decentralised version of the internet that would give more power to ordinary users. Here's what it would take to make it happen
23 October 2022
Users of the Nerva app saw their IBS symptoms decrease in severity, however, the trial didn't compare the app's efficacy against standard treatments
12 October 2022
There are plenty of apps that offer mental exercises claiming to make users smarter the more they play. Not only are they not much fun, but studies show they have no effect on performance, says Adrian Hon
12 October 2022
Apps that create images based on text can deliver amazing results, but there are problems with the data sets some are trained on and the lack of compensation for artists, says Annalee Newitz
11 March 2021
An app that uses fire simulations based on local geography, weather and vegetation can tell people how to avoid the path of a wildfire
3 February 2021
You can help researchers studying the brain and mental health conditions by playing games on the Brain Explorer app, finds Layal Liverpool
18 September 2020
An analysis of fertility-tracking apps available in the UK and Canada found that many use flawed methods to predict periods, and they should not be relied on to help conceive or as a contraceptive tool
