State surveillance of citizens is growing all over the world, but it is a fact of everyday life in China, where it has deep historical roots. Do you ever think about the digital footprint you leave when you are browsing the web, shopping online, commenting on social networks or going by a facial recognition camera?

‘For you’ offerings create a private-public space through which teens can access what they feel is a largely accurate test of their self-image. Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as “for you,” suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just “for you” but also “about you”...

A pair of studies in 2004 and 2005 showed people prefer receiving negative attention over being ignored entirely. Buzzwords describing the digital dating scene are all over social media. Have you been ghosted? Is someone orbiting you? Are you being breadcrumbed? While these dating patterns may not be new, the words to describe them continue to evolve.

It’s a bit of much-needed sweet news for the drugstore chain, which has had more sour press lately. Despite TikTok’s uncertain future, it’s still continuing to set social media trends, and the latest one is a mango gummy candy with a cultlike following from an unexpected source: Walgreens’ own store brand, Nice!, a maker of a variety of budget drinks...

The better we understand these storms’ attributes, the better those forecasts and warnings can become. Dozens of tornadoes hit the central U.S. April 26-28, 2024, tearing through suburbs and small towns and damaging hundreds of homes from Oklahoma to Nebraska and Iowa.

More than 60% of respondents reported increased participation last year in employee volunteer activities. Michelle Barbin’s job does not always fill her bucket. Yes, she likes her nine-to-five helping improve consumer experiences at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. She emphasizes she wouldn’t have spent nearly 19 years working for the health...