WhatsApp, long considered a sanctuary from ads, is now showing promotions in its Updates tab. Meta’s announcement brings status ads, channel promotions and paid subscriptions to the app. Private chats ...

But right now, I’m experiencing one consequence of using my phone in this way first-hand. My sleep is struggling. It’s no surprise that I’m feeling anxious at night and overstimulated when I’m trying ...

I talked with a professor of advertising to make sense of what this means for all of us who use those social media platforms.

Microsoft announced plans to bring NPU-optimized versions of the DeepSeek-R1 model directly to Copilot+ computers running on Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors.