Instagram turns towards AI technology to spot bullying in images
New Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced machine learning technology that proactively detects bullying in photos and captions on Instagram.
Jakarta set to surpass Tokyo as world’s biggest city
A Euromonitor International report projects that the population of the Indonesian capital will rise to 35.6 million by 2030.
Napping during the day helps us make better decisions
The Journal of Sleep Research published a report that found that short bouts of sleep during the day benefits brain function.
Sexual assault accusations rise dramatically in New York a year after #MeToo
The NYPD sexual assault caseload has increased by 28 percent, forcing Special Victims Unit to recruit over 30 new people to help investigate rising reports.
The world’s view of America has plummeted since Trump came to power
A new study by Pew Research found that 70 percent of those surveyed in the international community lack confidence in Trump's abilities.
Googling Ruby Rose may land your computer a virus
Actress Ruby Rose topped a list in the US of celebrities who generate the most search results linking to malicious websites released by cybersecurity firm...
The secret to making friends online: Join as many communities as possible
A Rice University study found that the more sub-communities of which you’re a part, the more likely they are to become an opportunity to forge...
New report details the horrors of being a mother behind bars
According to a study by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, female prisoners face losing custody of their children, or hefty fees to take classes...
3D-gun advocate Cody Wilson released on $150,000 bond for sexual assault of a minor
Cody Wilson had fled the country to Taiwan before he was extradited back to the United States to face sexual assault charges.
It’s been a high time for marijuana stocks
The reason for the sudden so-called green rush is thanks to Canada becoming the only wealthy nation in the world to fully legalize marijuana.
Congress to vote on the Music Modernization Act
If the bill passes, it will attempt to correct the discrepancies in compensation that came about as digital music platforms emerged.
Steve McQueen to photograph an entire grade of school children across London
The artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has invited every London primary school to register for a date and time to have its students sit...
Making it rain dollar bills could make you a terrorist in Turkey
Turkish pop star Matiz is under investigation for terrorism after he threw a single stack of dollar bills in the air in a music video.
Rising entrepreneurial star in China turns out to be social media catfish
A middle school student is behind the identity of Shi Runlong, an alleged entrepreneur whose Weibo account was full of photos of global dignitaries.
Trump dips in the polls as his job growth promises come through for barristers and bartenders
Across an 18-month period, from Jan 2017 to June 2018, jobs in the food and drink sector grew by 5.6 percent.
Russia continues to crackdown on dissent
Two members of Pussy Riot were detained by police in Moscow, as a music industry insider revealed he was paid $30,000 to start a rap...
Russian scientists speed up the internet
A group of Russian scientists, in partnership with an American university, created an algorithm that can increase internet speeds by one-and-a-half times.
Artist Luke Turner withdraws from Athens Biennale over heated Twitter fiasco
The co-founder of the #HeWillNotDivideUs roaming art project got into an intense Twitter battle with artist Daniel Keller, who defended artist Deanna Havas liking a...
London Design Fair names plastic its Material of the Year
Select designers will tackle plastic, which is lauded for its durability but condemned due to it's pollutant nature, at the London Design Fair.
Global warming causes insects to eat more crops
A new paper discovered that global warming is causing the metabolic rates of insects to rocket, resulting in yet more crop devastation.
Detroit public schools bring in bottled water to combat contamination
Detroit officials say the city's water supply is okay, and that they think the problem stems with the schools' aging infrastructure.
How Hungary’s far-right government is curtailing culture
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s far-right party has banned skyscrapers, wants to withdraw funding for gender studies from a university, and even criticized a Frida Kahlo...
UNC students are making history, not erasing it, after toppling Confederate monument
This week, students at the University of North Carolina toppled Silent Sam, a Confederate statue that has stood since 1913.
France wants to end snobbery, democratize culture, through multimillion-dollar app
The $496-million-a-year plan will target 10,000 18-year-olds, giving them €500 ($577) in credit to spend in the app.
“It’s like a blood bath”: Inside the student protests rattling Bangladesh
Document's New Vanguard Special Reportage winner Tahia Farhin Haque reports from the front lines of the student protests in Dhaka.
Vegans be wary: A plant-based diet won’t be viable in the future
Researchers from six American universities discovered that a future of living solely off the land isn’t the most efficient way of farming.
Belgium fights back against Facebook’s problem with Old Master nudes
The Flemish Tourism Board created a video in response to Facebook censoring nude works by Paul Rubens from the Maison de Rubens in Antwerp.
Ai Weiwei’s studio demolished in wave of destruction against Beijing’s contemporary art community
Beijing authorities destroyed Ai Weiwei's studio without warning last Friday, three years after the artist relocated from China to Berlin.
Project depicting names of drowned refugees mysteriously disappears from Liverpool Biennial
The List by Turkish artist Banu Cennetoğlu has not been seen since last Saturday when it was removed from a new development in Liverpool’s Chinatown.
Why is our criminal justice system still failing to help the LGBT community?
A study at the University of California at San Francisco discovered that sexual minority offenders are more likely to get stuck in the system.
20 states sue Donald Trump to curtail bizarre 3D-printed gun u-turn
Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson announced in a federal lawsuit that downloadable weapons are a serious national security threat.
The ghosts of historical lynchings still walk among us
A new study in the "Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities" examines the effect of lynchings from 1877 to 1950 on present-day death rates.
The child separation crisis at the border is far from over
Even with today's deadline to unify refugee children with their parents.
Colorblind in a heatwave
Japan is applying its progressive design ethos to heatmaps that can be visible to those with colorblindness.
In a world of media-driven paranoia, perhaps doomsday prepping isn’t that crazy?
According to one researcher who spoke with survivalists in 18 states across the U.S., it's actually a natural response to a media environment of constant...
Uber’s self-driving car purposefully ignored the pedestrian it fatally struck
The company's flawed programming extends beyond the self-driving program and into deep-set racial bias, as well, drivers claim.
Big books and bigger sticker prices are for big boys, only, researchers conclude
An analysis of over 2 million books published between 2002 and 2012 by researchers at the City University of New York finds that publishing, after...
Researchers are measuring your ego’s development by combing through 25 years worth of human language
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University discovered that ego-centric words are used less as humans age.
Why does the Trump administration want the Census citizenship question?
Total erasure of immigrant communities.
A New York City bill aims to protect a worker’s right to ‘disconnect’
A bill filed by City Councilman Rafael L. Espinal would require companies with more than ten employees to refrain from off-hour communications.
The Document Agenda: “The inner architectural voice of the city”
Los Angeles now has a design Czar, it turns out humans began innovating much earlier in history than assume, and the Vatican comes clean about...
The Document Agenda: “An enchanted world now exists alongside the disenchanted one”
Half of the world's wildlife may be gone in the next century, the devil is trending, and listening to your favorite song while studying isn't...
The Document Agenda: “Learning tools for young surgeons”
The iPhone may be a brain surgeon's best friend, meet the Cobalt Cowboy, and were Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn the original influencers?
The Document Agenda: “No deference to a good looking face”
Wearing makeup may come at cost for women in leadership roles, Leonardo Da Vinci's notes on urban planning may be of use today, and DJ...
The Document Agenda: “Living in the loudest cities”
A survey of noise pollution across the world, the Frida Kahlo Barbie Doll is problematic, and Russia now legally recognizes contemporary art.
The Document Agenda: “To dabble in the occult of orange”
There is a toxic history to the pigment that makes the color orange, a shanty-town is home to the thriving Ugandan film industry, and is...
The Document Agenda: “A bath in radioactive water”
Doctors in the Czech Republic have been using a radioactive pool to treat patients, the field of neuroforensics comes to the courtroom, and the Vatican...
The Document Agenda: “We must also acknowledge that art is owned”
A VR hacking collective take over MoMA for a night, the first major exhibition of western art is set to show in Tehran, and one...
The Document Agenda: “The power and importance of human touch”
Holding hands might ease a partner's pain, polar regions encounter this year's spring weather before the rest of the globe, and Dolce & Gabbana comes...
