Internet

The invasive and extractive behavior of tech companies has led us to a breaking point. More and more people are looking to reduce their screen time. Laws and proposals are emerging to help us escape the sad digital labyrinth

Something extraordinary has happened, even if we haven’t fully realized it yet: algorithms are now capable of solving intellectual tasks. These models are not replicas of human intelligence. Their intelligence is limited, different, and — curiously — turns out to work in a way that resembles intuition. This is one of the seven lessons we’ve learned so far about them and about ourselves

A dozen hearings in Los Angeles are trying to determine whether platforms like Facebook aim to become addictive for young people — and whether that is a crime

Organized groups in Pakistan or Bangladesh write dozens of negative comments and then delete them in exchange for money. Google is slow to remove the fake reviews

Trumpism’s male beauty standards are driving many young men to follow the dubious advice of influencers who destroy their bodies in the pursuit of looking strong

Jokes that are born and die on the internet have become soundbites that explain everything from the trivial to the profound

The incorporation of machines into services that were previously provided by humans improves efficiency, but risks ruining the holiday 

Six cybersecurity, data protection and cyberattack experts explain how to ensure the security of minors online

The author of ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ applauds the EU’s initiatives to curb big tech and calls on the bloc not to bow to pressure from Trump

The writer and professor has spent years analyzing the evolution of audiences and information consumption. She’s not optimistic about the future

The co-founder of Wikipedia, which is on the brink of turning 25 years old, says that his online encyclopedia is in good shape despite having been labeled ‘woke’ by the far right

The DLR collective constantly monitors online activity, where it denounces practices such as the dissemination of intimate content without consent or child exploitation

The platform’s update aims to eliminate bots that spread misinformation and spam

The platform has introduced an age-verification system following failures to protect minors, who are exposed to contact with unknown adults. This issue has alarmed parents, pediatricians, and prosecutors

The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist

The co-presidential regime takes another step towards total control of information with a telecommunications law that subjects the network to state espionage and turns the regulatory body into a surveillance arm

More than 2,000 businesses were affected by this week’s failure, leading experts to sound the alarm over how our system’s stability relies on a handful of US companies

Monitoring carried out by two Brazilian research websites shows how, subtly, sexist discourses land on TikTok

Nothing the six members of this group do is by chance. Their dances go viral, their campaigns keep growing, and each member has a personality linked to a charm that can be bought by their fans, the Eyekons

This stage of life, which should be full of opportunity, has become a period of uncertainty and struggle. Heightened mental health awareness, social media–driven anxiety, and poorer economic prospects than previous generations make it harder to plan a future. How can we turn things around?

The author of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ has just published his new novel. At his home in New Hampshire, he tells EL PAÍS that ‘The Secret of Secrets’ investigates external consciousness, the separation between body and soul. But now it’s not his eternal protagonist, Professor Langdon, who deciphers the enigmas, but Dr. Katherine Solomon, his partner

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed concern about the content created by bots, which facilitate misinformation

Utah’s governor accuses social media and other platforms of being behind every assassination attempt in recent years, but experts say it’s a much harder phenomenon to explain

The app best known for respecting privacy looks to grow, despite anti-privacy efforts

The Austrian activist who won data protection guarantees for Europeans believes the EU must achieve true digital autonomy