A hot potato: In 2020, Meta launched an internal research effort called Project Mercury to examine the psychological effects of Facebook use. Working with market research firm Nielsen, the company ran ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is denying claims that it has downgraded its stance on hate symbols like swastikas and nooses following internal policy changes set to take effect next month. In a statement to ...

Nov. 7 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition sighted the Pacific Ocean for the first time. They would arrive two weeks later. Scientists who later studied weather ...

Before there were rainbow flags and pronoun pins, queer folks had to get creative. We couldn't just say it; we had to signal it. So we spoke in colors, flowers, and shapes that carried entire worlds ...

The FBI has a longstanding pattern of using its internal review processes to dissuade whistleblowers, a former special agent told Fox Digital. What started in 2021 as a workplace conflict for Special ...

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

In case parents needed another reason to police their children's screen time, new research shows that social media use is hurting preteens' memory and reading skills. The new study, published Monday ...

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board posted an accounting standards update to improve the guidance on accounting for internal-use software costs. Processing Content The amendments in the update ...