Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1657, and this Thursday challenge serves up a familiar literary term that rewards standard vowel-heavy openers. Whether you're protecting a legendary streak or ...

When you first meet a prospective partner on a first date, are there factors you notice more than others? You might think that you pay attention to clothing, physical appearance, mannerisms, manner of ...

After logging more than 5 million kilometres of testing, Changan Automobile has been granted China’s first official license plate dedicated to Level 3 autonomous driving, as China moves to advance ...

What happens when you speak someone’s language before knowing their face? We captured authentic reactions and emotional shifts in this series of surprising encounters. Berlin plunged into darkness ...

In an era where we often have to twiddle our thumbs for three years before a new season of a TV show we enjoy returns to our screens, the second season of Fallout has had a relatively short turnaround ...

We've heard (and written, here at VentureBeat) lots about the generative AI race between the U.S. and China, as those have been the countries with the groups most active in fielding new models (with a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

Speak is delivering a bunch of new features for its language app’s winter update, including Speak Level fluency metrics. A home screen refresh keeps users focused on their progress, and what’s coming ...

In case you missed it, global film superstar Tom Cruise won his first Oscar—almost three weeks ago. The Oscar wasn’t for a single performance. Rather, it was a lifetime achievement award given by the ...

Can you chip in? As an independent nonprofit, the Internet Archive is fighting for universal access to quality information. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, ...

The Wild will take on the Colorado Avalanche on Friday, November 28, for a 2:30 p.m. puck drop. It will be a historic game as the first NHL game called in the Ojibwe language. Wild fans can tune into ...