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.

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Android users are poised to anywhere between $100 to $135 million as part of two new Google settlements. Android users accused Google of programming its Android operating system to collect their ...

China's artificial intelligence companies are giving away money, cars and other freebies as part of a Lunar New Year blitz. ByteDance, Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba are all trying to hook users as they ...

An ongoing conversation — both within and outside of the tech community — has been about just how and when OpenAI, which is currently valued at $500 billion, will make money. Well, there’s one ...

The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to consternation and accidental reposts by some users. By Hannah Ziegler If you fancy yourself an online sleuth or doom-scroll ...

T-Mobile has announced that it will no longer offer free Apple TV subscriptions through its "Apple TV On Us" promotion, with the change coming into effect in 2026. Back in 2022, T-Mobile launched its ...

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of sending $2,000 tariff dividend checks to Americans and his treasury secretary said Sunday, Nov. 16 "we will see" if that plan will actually come to ...

Microsoft has been criticized for its latest free offer for Windows users. This one really is free and really does have “real cash value.” But not everyone is happy about it. As I reported Sunday, the ...