Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first ...

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. A first look at Making AI Work, MIT Technology Review’s new AI ...

Ahmed al-sharaa’s international charm offensive has been impressive. Syria’s interim president has basked in applause at the United Nations and held court in private members’ clubs in New York. In May ...

For most people, the intense sting of grief eases with time. For some, however, persistent and painful grief remains, developing into prolonged grief disorder. A new review of the condition, which ...

Across the rich world, fewer children are being born every year. We are told this is a personal choice. But this video shows how the system was built to make families harder to afford. Rising costs, ...

When a 5 p.m. PT ransom deadline passed this week in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, investigators were still grappling with a crucial uncertainty: Was the Bitcoin demand real — and if so, who ...

While many major medical groups have maintained support for pediatric gender surgeries, Dr. Bob Basu, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), says it was time for his ...

For most people, the intense ache that follows the death of a loved one eventually softens, and daily life resumes. But for some, the pain does not ease with time—a condition known as prolonged grief ...

As we danced in our living rooms and in the streets to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show this past Sunday—to words we may or may not have known—there was a collective feeling among many people, but ...

Say something, get dropped. Say nothing, get called a coward. Welcome to the impossible situation every famous person is navigating right now. Being a celebrity in 2026 looks exhausting. And no, not ...