Have you noticed people using terms like "unalive" and "pew pews" on social media? There's a reason for that: some people are changing the way they speak on TikTok and other social media platforms to ...

TikTok has been downloaded 750 million times this year alone. Crazy stunts, coordinated dance offs and, of course, viral challenges. This is TikTok, the app that’s taking the digital world by storm.

The release of Google’s Veo 3 video generator in May represented a disconcerting leap in AI video quality. While many of the viral AI videos we’ve seen are harmless fun, the model’s pixel-perfect ...

The Trump administration is still refusing to enforce a federal ban on TikTok, and Silicon Valley software engineer Tony Tan is fed up. Last month, Tan sued the US Department of Justice for allegedly ...

Picture this: You’re searching for help online and a forum pops up then doesn’t load — “Page Not Found.” Not because it doesn’t exist, but because someone decided you shouldn’t see it. That’s not ...

More than six months after TikTok was briefly banned, we still don't know exactly what its fate in the US will be. But we do have new insight into the legal wrangling that has allowed Apple, Google ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! "Forbes" technology reporter Emily Baker-White, author of "Every Screen on the Planet," provided introductory details about the social media platform ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent ...

“No, TikTok is not censoring the trans flag,” explained engineer Zac Bowling last week. Bowling says when you break down certain emojis on the code level, they revert to combinations of pre-existing ...

Xavier Lopez is a producer for Code Switch. He came to NPR from CNN Audio, where he helped produce shows such as Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and the inaugural season of Tug of War. Prior to ...