Self-checkout was supposed to be the future of fast, frictionless shopping. Instead, it has turned into one of retail’s biggest headaches, with theft spiking just as major chains quietly rip out the ...

Walmart spent years telling shoppers that scanning their own groceries was the future of retail. Now the company is quietly ripping out many of those machines, retreating from a flagship automation ...

When anxiety strikes, self-awareness can morph into toxic rumination. Here's how it can deepen your crisis instead of helping you solve it. Change can be deceptively complex and difficult to perceive ...

On Tuesday, Apple acknowledged the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 has an easier-to-remove battery, added the battery to the Self Service Repair Store, and introduced a manual for the process. It might be ...

Duplicates of crystal structures are flooding databases, implicating repositories hosting organic, inorganic, and computer-generated crystals. The issue raises questions about curation practices at ...

The White House has been given a Monday deadline to remove the remaining National Guard troops from Los Angeles, a court has ruled. In a Friday ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ...

A 2021 study published in Scientific Reports explored how the way we talk to ourselves, either positively or negatively, impacts brain function and cognitive performance. Researchers used fMRI brain ...

EU wants to use frozen Russian assets for loan to Ukraine Russian central bank says such a move would be illegal EU agrees to freeze Russian assets indefinitely BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The ...

It's no secret that Microsoft's drive to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic" AI-focused OS has been controversial, but being de facto market leader does not mean users won't push back, and a handy ...

President Trump announced he is pardoning Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, who were indicted last year on bribery and money laundering charges. It’s the latest in a series of ...