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.

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached its second release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

(NewsNation) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday in a closely watched trial examining whether social media platforms were deliberately designed in ways that addict and harm children ...

A team of Apple researchers set out to understand what real users expect from AI agents, and how they’d rather interact with them. Here’s what they found. In the study, titled Mapping the Design Space ...

Codex has been downloaded over a million times, users are up 60% in a week It'll stay free to all users, but Free/Go plans may face limits Deep Research gets new viewer and better controls It's barely ...

Passwords remain a persistent point of tension between usability and security. Controls designed to strengthen authentication often introduce complexity, which encourages users to rely on familiar ...

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 ...

Some eligible Amazon customers have received their piece of the $2.5 billion settlement the e-commerce giant agreed to pay after being accused of antitrust activities. In the first of two waves of ...