1776 was a watershed year, and not only because America’s Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in July, igniting a political revolution that sent democracy sweeping across the globe ...

A jury in California agreed with a plaintiff who argued that Meta and Google, two social-media giants, designed their platforms to be addictive. That opens the floodgates to more litigation and ...

In a landmark decision, a California jury has awarded $3 million to a 20-year-old woman who claimed Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube intentionally design their platforms to be addictive and ...

In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...

Atlanta’s Inspector General confirmed six Watershed Department employees abused their authority by illegally detaining and searching colleagues over a missing wallet. Discipline for the six employees ...

Six Atlanta Watershed officials committed abuse and met the legal elements of felony false imprisonment. Managers detained five employees for three hours and used a police officer to prevent them from ...

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will receive $500,000 in federal funding to enhance public access and recreational opportunities along the state’s portion of the Delaware River and its ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...

Washington’s biggest country music festival is going on hiatus in 2026. The Watershed Festival, normally held in the summer at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, will not return this year, according to ...

GEORGE, Wash. — Watershed Festival, Washington state's largest country music festival, will not take place in 2026, organizers announced Friday. The festival, which has drawn country music fans to The ...

Watershed, Washington state’s biggest country music festival, will not be held in 2026, according to an announcement on the festival website. “After 13 incredible years of country music and community ...