'Disinformation for Hire' is Becoming a Booming Industry

Sunday the BBC reported YouTube influencers were offered money to spread vaccine misinformation. But according to the New York Times, that...

Teen Loneliness Has Increased in 36 Countries. The Reason May be Smartphones

"Loneliness among adolescents around the globe has skyrocketed since a decade ago," reports the Washington Post, "and it may ...

Facebook is Now Aggressively Courting a New Partner: Churches

When the 150,000-member "megachurch" Hillsong opened a branch in Atlanta, its pastor Sam Collier says Facebook suggested using it ...

This YouTube channel is using AI to gloriously remaster classic game cutscenes

Twenty years ago, when photorealistic games were still just a faraway dream, companies like Square sent our imaginations soaring before we...

Quake-Measuring Device on Mars Gets Detailed Look at Red Planet's Interior

"A quake-measuring device on Mars is providing the first detailed look at the red planet's interior, revealing a surprisingly thin ...

Russia Encounters More Problems Sending Long-Delayed Module and Robotic Arm to Space Station

First Slashdot reader Thelasko quotes the BBC's report Wednesday: A Russian rocket has departed the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, to ...

MLB will try encrypted transmitters and bone conduction to stop sign stealing

Baseball has a sign stealing problem — or at least, a technological one, seeing how reading another team’s pitches is technically legal , b...