Today, we bring you another focus challenge, inviting you to spend uninterrupted time looking at a piece of art. This one, a painting by Elisheva Biernoff of a found photograph, is called “Advent.” It ...

At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic world of quantum mechanics a century ago, they weren't trying to build ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

JD Vance said Nick Shirley should receive a Pulitzer Prize in journalism for exposing alleged fraud in Somali daycares, but the conservative hero is being branded 'stupid' and 'illiterate' following a ...

American Airlines quietly ended the ability for customers traveling on basic economy tickets to earn miles and status. Basic economy tickets are airlines' most restrictive and already do not allow for ...

Congress has now effectively closed the “hemp loophole” that enabled an explosion of hemp-derived products—particularly beverages—falling outside traditional cannabis regulation. For companies ...

Commentary: I'm seeing the AI label abused more and more often at tech shows as brands try to push it into everything, correct or not. For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart ...

When Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language” was finally published in 1755, it contained a definition that impishly illustrated the painstaking labor involved in completing such an ...

Sacramento State opened its new Basic Needs Resource Center to help students struggling with housing and food insecurity by offering free groceries, including meat and fresh produce, as well as ...

Merriam-Webster and its parent company Encyclopedia Britannica are the latest to take on AI in court. The plaintiffs have sued Perplexity, claiming that AI company's "answer engine" product unlawfully ...

After the beginning of the year, Gmail will automatically change to its Standard view. Some visually impaired users prefer the Basic view. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip has repeatedly sparked serious allegations of genocide. But how does the United Nations define the term? The UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment ...