The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...

Conceptual illustration of how Artificial Mangrove Roots (AMRs) can help reduce end-effect erosion caused by seawalls and revetments. The AMR system allows waves to pass through while helping ...

OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to. The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped up everywhere in recent months, including in school papers, ...

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Imagine dictating an entire report, brainstorming ideas, or drafting an email, all without lifting a finger or worrying about your data being sent to the cloud. For Mac users, this isn’t just a dream; ...

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key. By John Schwartz John Schwartz, ...

It didn’t take long for OpenAI’s text-to-video-and-audio AI generator app, Sora 2, to melt down into a messy pile of potentially copyright-infringing AI slop. The app’s prominent use of recognizable ...

We meet a solutions architect who tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and that for him success is in solving problems with technology, for people. In a recent episode of the First ...

Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs, Wake Forest University While U.S. and global solutions seem far off, policies to limit harm from microplastics are gaining traction at ...

Microplastics seem to be everywhere—in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. They have turned up in human organs, blood, testicles, placentas and even brains. While the full health ...

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We’ve all been there. Someone sends us a text while we’re in the middle of something else. We glance at it and tell ourselves we’ll respond later. The next ...