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.

President Donald Trump did not, in fact, call in to C-SPAN on Friday using “John Barron” as a fake name, the network said. A man who identified himself with that name called in to C-SPAN after the ...

WASHINGTON — An apparent prankster dialed into C-SPAN Friday using President Trump’s famous pseudonym, “John Barron,” and sporting a remarkably family accent, calling into the public access channel to ...

When Apple moved the iPhone to USB-C, it left behind more than just the Lightning port. New iPhone comes with a USB-C charging cable, but many cars still use USB-A ports for CarPlay. That’s created a ...

Amid a push toward AI agents, with both Anthropic and OpenAI shipping multi-agent tools this week, Anthropic is more than ready to show off some of its more daring AI coding experiments. But as usual ...

For those who have used PCs for a sufficiently long time, you probably remember trying to insert a USB plug into a port, only to have to flip it upside-down to get it in there. The advent of USB-C in ...

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 ...

USB-C chargers are increasingly becoming a common way to charge most mobile devices, from smartphones to laptops. This shift has led many smartphone makers to stop including a power brick in the ...

C-sections can be lifesaving, but sometimes the procedure can be overused. Data helped show how a hospital decreased its rates of the operation in healthy first-time mothers. By Sarah Kliff Times ...

From simple text generation to autonomously powering robotic arms on production lines, AI technology offers enterprises a kaleidoscope of new capabilities. So which aspects of AI advancement have ...