Social media companies collect, share and process vast amounts of information about their users with little transparency or control, including how it is used by systems that incorporate artificial intelligence, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Thursday. The report analyzed how Meta Platforms, ByteDance’s TikTok, Amazon’s gaming platform Twitch and others manage […]

They may have rizz, but they can’t handle their biza. Gen Z is suffering from a trending phenomenon of financial insecurity known as money dysmorphia, an expert claims. Financial therapist Amanda Clayman defined distress as “a negative and unrealistic perception of one’s financial well-being or financial position.” Gen Z is suffering from a trending phenomenon […]

The cost of living has risen, causing a growing number of Americans to leave big cities and choose life in small towns. A small, close-knit community may seem like paradise for those who want a slower pace of life, but that doesn’t mean smaller towns are sleepy lands and cultural wastelands. Many towns across the […]

In 2005, three years before its first successful orbital launch, a fledgling space startup called SpaceX asked the US government to allow it to use the famous Cape Canaveral launch pad once home to the Apollo space program. Old-school space companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin opposed the idea and lobbied aggressively to block the […]

Why drop nearly $9 million on a Manhattan apartment when you can own a huge Staten Island estate, complete with its own hair salon and basketball court, for the same price? Now, a high-profile Staten Island mansion is aiming to find a new buyer — and at $8.95 million, it’s also aiming to set a […]

His ability to do nothing is to do something to end loneliness. To combat the “single virus,” a public health crisis wreaking havoc on the mental well-being of friendless people around the world, creatives in the Big Apple and beyond are dreaming up unique ways to meet mates. But Shoji Morimoto is only in the […]