This instruction tells Google to remove the AI summary. It’s called a search operator, which you may already be familiar with as a concept. Typically, the minus sign tells the engine to ignore the ...

A smart DNS service can complement -- or even replace -- a VPN for streaming. Here’s how the two are alike and how they ...

OpenAI wants to retire the leading AI coding benchmark—and the reasons reveal a deeper problem with how the whole industry measures itself.

Whether you're doing a simple web search or generating a complicated video, better prompts mean better results. Upgrade your prompt game with these tips and tricks.

Umama Ali spent more time as a kid arguing with his brother over who caused the most chaos in GTA Vice City than doing homework, and he’s been unapologetically hooked on games ever since. That ...

Andrew Robinson is the author of Lost Languages (2002) and other books on scripts and decipherment. He is based in London. How the world’s largest language family spread — and why others go extinct ...

In my high-school English classes, I often tell my students that they write their papers backwards: They devise a thesis and then look for evidence to support it. They’ll find what they want to see, I ...

As time goes by, it seems like there is less and less of a need to write things down by hand. Letters are no longer necessary when you can easily text or email someone. Things you need to remember can ...

The ‘Rents reflect on 2025 and look ahead to what they hope to take into the new year with them. Plus! Poetry! If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone ...

Research by Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014) compared students who typed lecture notes on laptops with those who wrote them by hand during the same time. In terms of immediate results, laptop users ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...