The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the First Amendment does not protect a dog chew toy that resembles a bottle of Jack Daniel’s from a… Read More »Supreme Court rules against dog toys resembling Jack Daniel’s bottle
With the new AI-powered Khanmigo, students can chat with simulated historical figures or co-write stories with the software. Khan Academy, the popular non-profit online learning… Read More »Not just math quizzes: Khan Academy’s tutoring bot offers playful features
In June 1995, hefty packages with identical contents arrived in the mailrooms of The Washington Post and The New York Times: typed copies of a… Read More »Newspapers printed Unabomber’s manifesto in 1995. It is still hotly debated.
Enlarge / The “Carbon Black” Series S, seen next to the original console. Microsoft As much as we like the Xbox Series S as a… Read More »Microsoft announces new $350 Xbox Series S, 1TB Carbon Black
It started like any other day at CNN. Dozens of staff members tuned in to the network’s editorial call Thursday morning from New York, Los… Read More »CNN’s new leaders are trying to put Chris Licht’s stormy tenure behind them
More Than Likes is a series about social media personalities trying to do positive things for their communities. Before he was New York Nico (handle:… Read More »New York Nico celebrates the colorful side of the city
“Making It Work” is a series about small business owners striving to get through tough times. At a time when most parking lots were empty,… Read More »Pivots that have helped businesses through the pandemic have persisted
It has been more than 25 years since Red Bull entered the market and introduced caffeinated energy drinks in the United States. While the company… Read More »Energy drinks are on the rise. So is their caffeine content.
Enlarge / All steroids past and present share the complex ring structure, but differ in terms of the atoms attached to those rings. All the… Read More »Billion-year-old fat indicates a long history of complex cells
Millions of Americans use mobile payment apps to pay friends, family and retailers, but they may not know that the money held in the apps… Read More »The risks of storing money in apps like Venmo and Cash App
As wildfire smoke from Canada continued to drift through the United States, creating unhealthy air quality, air quality alerts were posted in many places across… Read More »AirNow and other apps to help you monitor the air quality in your area
For decades, Silicon Valley anticipated the moment when a new technology would arrive and change everything. It would unite man and machine, probably for the… Read More »Silicon Valley confronts the singularity
Enlarge / Twitter co-founder Ev Williams gives remarks at Web Summit at Altice Arena on November 8, 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. Twitter co-founder Evan “Ev”… Read More »Musk on track to make Twitter the next MySpace or Yahoo, co-founder suggests
I called Ben S. Bernanke, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, late in the debt ceiling stalemate. It wasn’t quite finished yet, but it… Read More »Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on inflation, bank runs and more
Why it matters A reduction in the deposit rate is a lever that policymakers can use to boost spending. The hope is that the lower… Read More »China’s largest banks are cutting deposit rates to boost consumer spending
