Axios

Data on the most Googled questions about sex last year provide an ... interesting window into what some of us have been doing during the pandemic.

Why it matters: For better or for worse — and based on some of the results, it's looking like the latter — search engines like Google remain our go-to source for questions we're too nervous to ask elsewhere.

Life insurance is one of the oldest industries in existence, but today it is undergoing a transformation thanks to AI and data science.

The big picture: With a business model built on predicting the future of its customers, the life insurance industry seems well-positioned to take advantage of the prognosticative powers of machine learning, but it will have to overcome an ingrained conservatism — and fears of AI bias.

Despite public comments from executives downplaying Facebook's role in the planning for the Jan. 6 insurrection, an internal report leaked to BuzzFeed News concluded that the company failed to adequately deal with extremists who gathered online and planned the assault on the Capitol.

Why it matters: Social networks continue to be both a significant source of misinformation as well as a gathering place for advocates of violence.