Here are my five deliberately non-obvious predictions for 2026, from AI agents managing other agents to a possible slowdown ...

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Even as a kid, Alice Lovatt was always getting in trouble for being late. She was often embarrassed after letting down friends for her tardiness, and she was routinely stressed about arriving at ...

The calendar flipping to 2026 means more than one-third of the college basketball regular season is already in the books. And if there is one takeaway to be gleaned from that stretch of time, it is ...

Marjorie Taylor Greene really wants us to believe she’s done with politics. That’s what the retiring Georgia GOP congresswoman told journalist Robert Draper for his lengthy end-of-year profile he ...

Having a hobby is consistently tied to well-being and happiness, according to a study from Harvard Health, but depending on what activities and rituals you indulge in, they can say a lot about your ...

Asus might be looking into some pretty extreme measures to deal with the global memory shortage that’s currently making laptops more expensive. While the company has officially denied any plans to ...

Ahrefs tested how AI systems behave when they’re prompted with conflicting and fabricated information about a brand. The company created a website for a fictional business, seeded conflicting articles ...

As a year comes to a close, it's common for institutions to perform a holistic evaluation and promise new goals for the upcoming year. The U.S. Catholic Church should be no exception to this practice.

Dr. Duckworth, a psychologist, is the author of “Grit” and the forthcoming book “Situated: Finding the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best.” There is a children’s story I used to read to my ...

The video games industry is unpredictable. If you'd told us this time last year that a previously unknown French studio would claim game of the year, Battlefield 6 would knock Call of Duty off the top ...

Mark Scheifele has been left off the Team Canada roster for both the 4 Nations Face-Off and the 2026 Olympics. Cameron Bartlett / Getty Images TORONTO — The immense disappointment of being passed over ...