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It just happened again. One of my colleagues got a call this afternoon from the “local sheriff’s department” informing her that because she’d missed jury duty, there was now a warrant out for her arrest. She had, in fact, missed jury duty earlier this year, and they knew the details of the letter she’d received, as well as her former and current address. The phone number of the incoming call matched that of the local police station. Once they told her she needed to send “bail money” via Zelle, she realized it was a scam and hung up, but not before they’d wasted 30 minutes of her time and successfully made her panic. 

Critics are taking issue with the fact that the content recommendation algorithm, TikTok’s secret sauce, will be licensed from ByteDance.

The AI technology itself isn’t new, but UPS’ adoption of it brings new scale to the billion-dollar problem.

The Palantir CEO, accused by the left of opportunism and the right of building a surveillance state, opens up.

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy, discontent, or curiosity. Happy holidays. The Hatch Restore alarm clock, which retails for $169, can light up your bedroom in every […]

Even when information is factually accurate, how it’s presented can introduce subtle biases. As large language models increasingly bring people the news, this bias is a looming problem.

The head of Instagram explains what the evolving app really is in 2025 — and why they want to be on your television.