1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (949+ words) By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER “It’s a cultural thing, especially in a small, agricultural community,” said Kimeona Kane, who would jump into the bed of a pickup truck as a kid to get to baseball or football practice. Nothing felt more…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1368+ words) Parenting has never been easy, but the job now follows families into places previous generations never had to manage. A child can be sitting at the kitchen table, completely safe at home, and still be absorbing the unrelenting pressure of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (949+ words) Misted in rain, they fastened ceramic nametags onto mesh that covered a cobblestone wall at Omma Poom Park — meaning “mother’s embrace” — in Paju, South Korea. More than 900 tags, suspended like unmailed letters, formed a quiet monument to years of mass…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (357+ words) It’s hard to believe that just three years ago, the public was still fumbling with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Since then, AI has advanced at a pace that only those with a deep understanding of machine learning anticipated. Now, Google’s Gemini delivers…...

4+ mon, 59+ min ago   (836+ words) The jury’s decision in the first-of-its-kind lawsuit — centered on social media addiction — was applauded by doctors and advocates, who say they are hopeful it could eventually lead to industrywide changes. Experts say this moment provides a renewed opportunity to rethink…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1170+ words) As technology distracts, polarizes and automates, people are still finding refuge on analog islands in the digital sea. The holdouts span the generation gaps, uniting elderly and middle-aged enclaves born in the pre-internet times with the digital natives raised in…...