Mastery of banal style is losing its usefulness – but language is more powerful than ever. It’s up to the writer to do what machines can’t I recently heard an exchange at a playground that should ...

Silent bugs don’t crash your app. They can turn your users away silently. Discover the 5 software testing tools U.S. teams use to find and fix issues before they reach production.

Who needs more than two employees when artificial intelligence can do so many corporate tasks? It’s super efficient — and a little bit lonely. Matthew Gallagher, 41, built his start-up, Medvi, with ...

Most off-the-shelf smart buttons use tiny surface-mounted tactile switches. They are hollow, plasticky, and lack the mechanical satisfaction of a real interaction that a switch typically provides you ...

Some women with complex chronic illnesses are using chatbots to search for diagnoses or relief from their symptoms. By Maggie Astor When Margie Smith got sick in 2022, she sought help from a parade of ...

Since the mid 1990s, internet platforms have been able to avoid legal liability for content on their sites, thanks to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. But recent losses in court for Meta ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

You might have noticed that some gas stations occasionally offer specials on unleaded 88 octane gas—also known as E15—which contains 15 percent ethanol. Ethanol is an alcohol that’s derived from corn.

Introduced in 2024, the Smith Office for the Arts (SOFA) presents Smith Arts Day, a daylong celebration of the artistic and creative community at Smith College that brings the arts together—across ...