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.

Researchers have created a cutting-edge catalyst that turns CO2 into methanol more efficiently than ever before. Instead of using clumps of metal atoms, they engineered a system where each single ...

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The company had clashed with the military over how officials wanted to use its cutting-edge A.I. model. The order could vastly complicate intelligence analysis and defense work. By Julian E. Barnes ...

Rendering of the transformation of the administrative building into a mixed-use complex by Lacaton & Vassal, 2026. Image © Lacaton & Vassal et Emmanuelle Delage ...

Anthropic is upgrading Claude's free tier, apparently to capitalize on OpenAI's planned integration of ads into ChatGPT. On Wednesday, Anthropic said free Claude users can now create files, connect to ...

During last weekend’s Super Bowl, President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services advertised realfood.gov, a new federal website where an AI nutrition chatbot can recommend the best ...

Right now, many companies are worried about how to get more employees to use AI. After all, the promise of AI reducing the burden of some work—drafting routine documents, summarizing information, and ...

Love it or hate it, AI is increasingly becoming integral to the way we work. So, like a lot of employees, you’ve started using it for your assignments. That’s great – unless you’re not clear on what ...

It's easy to find yourself with more sources for your TV than it has inputs. Most TVs just have three or four HDMI connections, so if you have a PlayStation, Xbox and cable/satellite box, what happens ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it.