Algorithms on Facebook and Twitter control so much of what you see in your feed—they're the reason, for instance, that you always seem to see posts from your best friend but not those from an old roommate you don't interact with very much online. Or, more insidiously, why you see …

The comedic actor turned painter Jim Carrey provoked an online war-of-words this weekend after posting a caricature of the White House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Twitter. With a face flushed in anger, Sanders is depicted with an acidulous mouth and violently knitted eyebrows, as if … Read More

The Independent Member for Shepparton, Suzanna Sheed, has called on Twitter to terminate the account, which has portrayed the politician as out of touch and incompetent, and has sent several nasty tweets to Victorian Liberal and Labor politicians, including Jaclyn Symes, Lisa Neville and Tim Smith. Read More

Fans on social media have reacted brilliantly after seeing Lionel Messi show off his dance moves when celebrating a goal against Athletic Bilbao. The Argentinian is well known for being magical when it comes to having the ball at his feet, but he proved on Saturday that he has some …

The Federal Elections Commission has asked the CEOs of Facebook, Alphabet, and Twitter to return to the nation's capital and testify on new rules … vice chair of the commission, tweeted out her letters of invitation to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet's Larry Page, and Twitter's Jack Dorsey to a … Read …

NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said he will never have a Twitter account or a Facebook profile because "they can make you egoist and self-centric". However … As an individual, though, Bhagwat doesn't want to be on Twitter or on Facebook because he believes it makes one too self-centred. …

The world began really paying attention to the UMBC Retrievers about when they were tied with Virginia at halftime — at least according to their Twitter follower count. According to Twitter, UMBC Athletics (which had around 5,000 followers when the tournament started), gained 25K followers from … Read More

Unlike Twitter, it's meant to be "a professional environment for research-and-development professionals," said a Polyplexus developer, John A. Main, a program manager at the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa. Darpa and its $3-billion annual budget operate well … Read More

Twitter is full of angry people. Some of them front up. But many vent their fury and rage behind pseudo-identities. One such account had the unwieldy handle of @rnerrionstreet. The name was intended to make it look like the Government's official Merrion Street site. It purported to be a spoof …

Twitter is reportedly preparing to implement a crypto ad ban à la Facebook and Google in the next two weeks. The so-called ban would block ads associated with cryptocurrency wallets, exchanges and ICOs, or initial coin offerings, “with exceptions.” A Twitter rep did not deny the report in an email … …