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Meta is now using AI to automatically determine whether an Instagram account belongs to a teen user. The tech giant announced on Monday that it is starting to test AI in the U.S. that detects if an Instagram account belongs…

Credit: Meta Social media can be a fantastic way to connect with friends and family, but it can also be dangerous—especially for kids and young adults. While modern social media platforms like Facebook have been around for over 20 years,…

Meta is bringing its “teen accounts” to Facebook and Messenger. Like on Instagram, the company will begin automatically moving younger teens to the new accounts, which come with mandatory parental control features and restrictions on who they can message and…

This is an adapted excerpt from the March 17 episode of “Inside with Jen Psaki.” In 2019, Sen. Chuck Schumer held a news conference on a very pressing issue: research into honeybees. The senator spoke in front of honeybee hives…

Microsoft has confirmed that the Skype video call and messaging service will be shut down in May, 14 years after replacing the Windows Live Messenger. A reader contacted BleepingComputer, and shared that according to strings found in preview versions of…

Meta had some problems today. Is Instagram down? Credit: Matthias Balk/dpa (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images) If you’re having trouble sending messages on Instagram and Facebook, fret not — you aren’t alone. Users have been reporting on…

Russia-backed hacking groups have developed techniques to compromise encrypted messaging services, including Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram, placing journalists, politicians and activists of interest to the Russian intelligence service at potential risk. Google Threat Intelligence Group disclosed today that Russia-backed hackers…

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn as well as the University Medical Center Göttingen found that the…

OXON HILL, MARYLAND —  Democrats, seeking a new message and messengers to push back against the Trump administration, will elect a new leader Saturday in a low-profile Democratic National Committee election that could have big implications for the party’s future.…