Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Drinking heavily over many years is linked to a higher risk of colorectal cancer, especially rectal cancer, according to new research tracking U.S. adults for two decades. People who drank heavily ...

One of Southern California’s largest health systems is facing a potential class-action lawsuit alleging that its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to “secretly” record patient-clinician ...

Sarah Bradley is a writer with six years of experience creating personal essays, reported features, and content related to health and parenting topics. Susan Bard, MD, is a board-certified general and ...

Connecting a display to a computer or media device seems like a simple thing, but the considerations are a little more complicated than you might think. In the TV world, the gold standard in 2025 is ...

Microsoft’s cross-platform .NET takes interesting dependencies, including a fork of Google’s Skia, now to be co-maintained with Uno Platform. The news that the .NET UI framework Uno Platform project ...

Scientists show that nanoscale selenium can reduce fertilizer use by 30%, improve rice nutrition, and lower greenhouse gases. (Nanowerk News) The cultivation of rice—the staple grain for more than 3.5 ...

Electricity bills are climbing nationwide, rising faster than inflation in many places. The explosive growth of AI and the massive data centers behind it are driving demand and straining the grid. To ...

Microsoft is betting big on AI. Starting with integrating Bing with ChatGPT, it has implemented AI capabilities in its products. Microsoft Designer is a new product from Microsoft with AI capabilities ...

Founded by former OpenAI staff members and funded by Amazon and Google, Anthropic has raised the stakes in the GPT wars. Anthropic's Claude Desktop app often outshines its ChatGPT rival in various ...

When it comes to skincare products that work, antioxidant serums containing vitamin C reign supreme. But it’s crucial to know how and when to use vitamin C serum to reap the many benefits of vitamin C ...