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Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education

Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed.

Is Social Media The New Google? Gen Z Turn To Google 25% Less Than Gen X When Searching

Katherine Haan, MBA, is a Senior Staff Writer for Forbes Advisor and a former financial advisor turned international bestselling author and business coach. For more than a decade, she’s helped small ...

Non-coding gene is linked to core social and behavioral traits in autism

A long-overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...

Digital sociology firm sells to Memphis investor

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. TBX Group's purchase of mPathDiscovery will bring the ...

Robert Wright: The evolution of compassion

Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule ("Do unto others..."), why we sometimes ignore it and why there’s hope that, in the near future, we might all have the compassion to follow it.

Show HN: How to analyze your LLM output – A behavioural health monitor for LLMs

Hey HN! We're Dr. Kashyap Thimmaraju and Giuseppe Canale from Silicon Psyche. We've built Posture Sequence Analysis (PSA), a behavioural health monitor for LLMs and AI Agents.Why we built PSAWe built PSA because we wanted to operationalize the Cybersecurity Psychology Framework (CPF3)[1] via Silicon Psyche[2]: our theory that because LLMs have been trained by humans on human-generated data, they inherit human-like vulnerabilities (what hackers use to psychologically trick people into d

How social media is trying to recreate ‘indie sleaze’ like Tumblr and MySpace used to

The original ‘indie sleaze’ moment emerged in the early-mid 2000s, connecting with music, fashion, nightlife and online culture

Social Media Dynamics in Organizational Contexts

Social media platforms have transformed organisational communication, enabling rapid knowledge exchange, boundary spanning and enhanced visibility of work processes. Within enterprise settings, social ...

"Huge Difference": NRI Woman Compares Corporate Work Culture In India And US, Internet Reacts

She said that American workplaces offer a level of autonomy for personal tasks that she did not experience in India.

Elon Musk Sets Social Media Ablaze After Calling Instagram ‘for Girls’

Elon Musk faced criticism online after calling Instagram “for girls” during a recent discussion, leading to fresh debate across social media platforms.

Raveena Tandon on surviving the toxic 90s yellow journalism culture before social media: 'No one was allowed to live'

Raveena Tandon took a trip down memory lane to highlight the uphill battle actors fought against rampant negative publicity ...

Death of South Korean actor at 24 sparks discussion about social media and internet culture

SEOUL--South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron’s death this week has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way the country’s celebrities are treated in the public arena and on social media, which critics say can foster a culture of harassment.

Why political messaging increasingly resembles meme culture

The dynamic of social media content spreading because it provokes reaction, both positive and negative, has become a familiar feature of how political messaging now circulates online.

Blue Interactive Agency Publishes New Website Resource Revealing How Startups Can Build Brand Authority Through Social Media Strategy

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - May 20, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Blue Interactive Agency has published a new educational ...

Bandi Mbubi: Demand a fair trade cell phone

Your mobile phone, computer and game console have a bloody past — tied to tantalum mining, which funds the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Drawing on his personal story, activist and refugee Bandi Mbubi gives a stirring call to action.

Luci Englert McKean: How video calls can help foster connection

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have relied on video calls to maintain a semblance of normality. While communications coach Luci Englert McKean notes the drawbacks of platforms like Zoom -- from screen fatigue to 'camera-on' anxiety -- she believes they can create spaces fostering belonging. Giving tips for how to use meeting apps more...

Eric Mibuari: Can credit scores be determined by cellphone data?

70% of African households own cellphones but less than 35% have access to credit. Mining non-traditional forms of credit via available technologies, Eric Mibuari asks if this "mobile continent" can use cellphones to access what they need most: loans.

Del Harvey: Protecting privacy at Twitter

Twitter's Head of Safety, Del Harvey, shares what she's learned about protecting users' privacy on a platform where activity grows by the billions every two days. Through her funny and insightful anecdotes, she paints a picture of what it's like to oversee a community where a one-in-a-million chance is pretty good odds.

Autism social differences emerge early but can change considerably by adulthood, research suggests

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in behavior, social ...

PM Modi, Giorgia Meloni’s Colosseum photos go viral; social media erupts with memes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni once again sent social media into a frenzy after ...