YouTube will now let parents limit the amount of time their teens can spend scrolling through its short-form video feature, Shorts, or block them all together. The option is part of a group of new ...

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With short-form video now dominant on social media, researchers are racing to understand how the highly engaging, algorithm-driven format may be reshaping the brain. From TikTok to Instagram Reels and ...

Hungry for a food quiz? Test your smarts (and your stomach) with some food-related trivia questions. Grab your forks and get ready to dine on some food trivia. We all eat, but how much do you really ...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged to be married. The music icon Swift and three-time Super Bowl champion Kelce announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post, playfully captioned: “Your ...

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Even in the age of TikTok, YouTube viewership continues to climb. While Google’s iconic video streaming platform has traditionally pushed creators to produce longer videos that can accommodate more ...

Many years ago, the mayor of New York City was a guy by the name of Ed Koch. Mayor Koch is remembered for one quirky act: Whenever he was speaking in public, he would start by loudly asking, “How am I ...

It’s been 20 years since the first YouTube video was uploaded. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded the video “Me at the zoo” on April 23, 2005. The video, which now has over 355 million views, ...