Congress passed a law this week allowing all your internet use - every search, every page visit - to be sold to the highest bidder. Here's how to make your browsing private again.
Some states ban sex offenders from social media. Do these laws protect potential victims? They certainly ignore the fundamental role social media plays in modern communication.
A new research study out this week shows that people prefer to date others with similar political beliefs. That has implications for making our politics less divisive.
Artificial Intelligence can predict people's personality traits and psychological states from social media text. This week, we profile Hillary Clinton.
An artificial intelligence analysis of Trump's personality based on his interview with the Washington post (following up an earlier analysis of his tweets)
Artificial intelligence can evaluate someone's personality and psychological traits from their social media profile. We use that to analyze Donald Trump.
A review of 26 years of research on social anxiety and the internet show beneficial aspects but also ties to problematic behavior. Here's an overview of what we know.
When you break up, should your online friendships end, too? Advice to a letter writer who feels self-conscious about her ex's family checking up on her online.
When it comes to your online data, how worried are you about privacy? Here's a quick way to classify yourself as a Privacy Fundamentalist, Pragmatist, or Unconcerned.
New algorithms can accurately determine how empathetic a therapist is by analyzing session transcripts. This has the potential transform the way therapists are evaluated.
Benford's Law says that numbers in natural systems start with a 1 far more often than they start with a 9. A new study shows this applies to friend counts in social networks - and to friend counts in your own social circle, too.
Catching a yawn from someone is deeply rooted in empathy, and seen across intelligent, social species. A new study shows that psychopaths, who are lacking in empathy, are far less likely to catch a yawn.
