Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

People listen to clergy and faith leaders call for accountability at the site where Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 8. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our ...

How much is inflation really cooling? Thursday’s release of November’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data showed inflation unexpectedly eased to an annual rise of 2.7% that month. But monthly comparisons ...

Last month, journalist Karen Hao posted a Twitter thread in which she acknowledged that there was a substantial error in her blockbuster book “Empire of AI.” Hao ...

As AI becomes more common and decisions more data-driven, a new(ish) form of information is on the rise: synthetic data. And some proponents say it promises more privacy and other vital benefits. Data ...

At IBC 2025 in Amsterdam, Viltrox was showing a prototype of NEXUS, a PL to Sony E-mount adapter that will allow manual PL cine lenses to behave as AF lenses. Through the lens adapter mount, Viltrox ...

After two and a half years we have enough data to form a clearer picture about who is using AI, what they are using it for, what they think about it, and what it means for learning. What do students ...

If you do a lot of your work using Google apps like Google Docs and Sheets, Gemini could help increase your productivity. Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at ...

Take advantage of the MethodImplAttribute class in C# to inline methods and improve the execution speed of your .NET applications. The Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler is a component of the Common Language ...

The notorious hacker group 888 has claimed responsibility for a Shell data breach targeting the British multinational oil and gas company. According to their claims, approximately 80,000 individuals ...