AI is killing, harming, delaying, or forcing higher prices on a wide range of technologies and tech products and services.

Brontë’s classic is flying off shelves again thanks to Hollywood, but many young readers cannot even make it past the early ...

On this week’s Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel opens with what it means to live in 2026, when our phones can drop us into graphic, real-time violence without warning—and when documenting that violence ...

If you don’t know the term “brain rot” by now, congratulations! You probably don’t have it. It’s slang to describe the idea ...

The big thinkers at Aperture discuss the cognitive and societal effects of modern “brain rot.” ...

A new study from the Neuropharmacology journal claims "brain rot" could describe real effects of scrolling through hours of ...

How low-quality AI training threatens clinical reasoning ...

Spokeo reports on slang terms from various generations, highlighting their evolution and the cultural significance in ...

How this small device became the unexpected fix for my social media dependence.

This is a series about the mysteries of internet speak. A fictional offspring of a locust and a hen. Discoveries at sea. A door with an electronic key fob. When something is low-key, but also genuine.

By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. Kanzi, a bonobo, learned to communicate with humans. Nyota with Kanzi, a ...

Director Gore Verbinski puts an inspired script by Matthew Robinson through its paces as a crazy prophet comes to a diner in ...