At MAI (Microsoft AI), we don’t just build AI tools, we care about how real people interact with them. So as 2025 wraps up, we’ve gone headfirst into a mountain of de-identified data, searching for ...

In 1940, St. Clair McKelway typed a memo to William Shawn, The New Yorker’s managing editor for fact. McKelway was writing a six-part Profile of Walter Winchell for the magazine, and he was unhappy ...

For years, teachers have been bashing their heads against the wall as students outsource their homework to large language model (LLM) chatbots like ChatGPT. But as students of all ages grow to depend ...

Google Play services is responsible for a slew of features on Android devices, and there’s now a way to see how much data is being used. A recent update to Google Play services introduced a data usage ...

In a nutshell: Wireless data usage has hit an all-time high and there is no evidence to suggest the explosive growth will slow anytime soon. According to the CTIA's annual wireless industry survey, ...

In a recent survey from the Digital Education Council, a global alliance of universities and industry representatives focused on education innovation, the majority of students (86%) said they use ...

It's normal for CPU usage to spike on your Windows computer when you're gaming or running resource-intensive programs. However, if you notice this happening even during basic tasks like browsing the ...

Two recent studies have linked “problematic smartphone use” among teenagers to increased symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia. But is it a real problem? And how worried, if at all, should we ...

California residents are using about 8 fewer gallons of water per day than they did during the last drought emergency, according to newly released state data. Between April 2023 and last April, urban ...

I've spent 30 years researching what makes people, and especially leaders, mentally strong. Along the way, I've discovered that you become mentally stronger by exercising six core mental muscles: ...

Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades. Alcohol is still more widely used ...