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.

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. Anthropic is prepared to repurpose ...

Credit card debt can quickly turn into a cycle of never-ending payments. Thankfully, there are several solutions if you're looking to get ahead of your debt and pay it off faster. One way is to apply ...

Codex gives software developers a first-rate coding agent in their terminal and their IDE, along with the ability to delegate ...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A woman has serious injuries after a dog attack, but now her neighbor, who stepped in to save her by illegally using a gun, is facing a charge. According to the Roanoke ...

“It had a strange look, like an alien, but it wasn’t angry. It sat still on the branch all the time,” said Kim Hui Yu, who photographed the flat-faced longhorn beetle in the image above on a family ...

It's no secret that the cost of a Disney vacation has increased substantially over the years. With the high prices of Disney theme park tickets, hotel stays, add-ons, dining, and more, families are ...

Though artificial intelligence is fueling a surge in synthetic child abuse images, it’s also being tested as a way to stop harm to real victims. Generative AI has enabled the production of child ...

Google had introduced a while ago which is trending nowadays on Instagram feeds. The new AI-powered image editing tool is called Nano Banana and powered through its Gemini app. This tool helps users ...

A Wisconsin-based man has turned personal risk into a potential medical breakthrough. Tim Friede, a snake enthusiast, deliberately exposed himself to more than 200 snakebites and hundreds of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – The City and County of Honolulu has launched a new online tool to help residents prepare for sewer rate changes. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, the “Use Less, Pay Less” campaign features a ...

A scavenger hunt campaign to promote Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, resulted in a viral #SwiftiesAgainstAI campaign. “The first sign that it was AI was that it didn’t look great,” ...