This is part of a series of columns about the viability of the American university system. In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about ...

If a cybercriminal wants access to a high-profile Instagram account, it turns out all they have to do is ask. “Meta gave zero updates about the AI bot hacking incident until it got to the press,” Wong ...

Digitized handwriting tests may offer a low-cost way to detect cognitive decline, with dictation tasks revealing slower and less coordinated writing patterns in affected older adults. Credit: ...

4 keys to writing modern Python Here’s what you need to know (and do) if you want to write Python like it’s 2025, not 2005. How to use uv, the super-fast Python package installer Last but not least, ...

Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit, has claimed that the website’s vast library of human conversations are a critical input for artificial intelligence, leading him to call it “the fuel” powering your ...

This project is in a feature-freeze mode, please read more about it here. It can be summed up in a few bullet points: A new feature is added to Discord and it would ...

Reddit is for people. So says the popular messaging platform, which has introduced a new labeling system for automated accounts, in an attempt to sort the humans from the bots. “Our product has always ...

Paul McCartney was allegedly banned from Reddit after sharing photos and videos from a recent performance. Over the weekend, the 83-year-old former Beatle hosted two shows at the Fonda Theatre in ...

TL;DR: Reddit is introducing new measures to label bots and verify human users, aiming to curb automation on a platform that has become a popular hub for automated accounts. The company announced a ...

Reddit announced on March 25 that accounts flagged for suspicious behavior will be required to prove they are human, deploying passkeys, biometrics, and a new labeling system for legitimate bots as ...

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has detailed the company's latest plan to fight bots and it means that some accounts will need to "verify humanness," though the company is stopping short of widespread ...