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.

Vibe coding is programming by gut feel. You have an idea for a tool, a website, or a repetitive task you want to automate… but instead of enrolling in a coding boot camp or slogging through YouTube ...

11 Investigates analyzed years of homicide data in Allegheny County and found communities where unsolved cases are stacking up. There are hundreds of unsolved homicides in the county, cases where ...

China's tech shock is threatening the U.S. monopoly on AI and is "moving up the value chain very rapidly," one analyst told CNBC on Monday. Rory Green, TS Lombard's chief China economist, warned that ...

The 2026 Winter Olympic games are officially underway, starting today, Feb. 4 with some curling events and alpine skiing and luge training runs. Women’s hockey games are set to start on Thursday, Feb.

When German immigrants came to the United States, they brought a tradition to forecast the end of winter with them — but there was one catch. According to German lore, if a hedgehog saw its shadow on ...

DUBAI—The U.S. military has assembled a formidable force in the Middle East within striking range of Iran. Now, President Trump must decide how to use it. As warships and planes reach the region in ...

Children of the '90s have three core fears: quicksand, getting stuffed into a locker, and having sex with a close friend. Our elders in film and TV warned of these canonically agonizing ways to die, ...

Generative AI can support creativity—but only if you use it strategically. Simply giving people access to AI tools doesn’t guarantee better ideas. What matters is how thoughtfully they engage with the ...

Alix Earle is inviting guests into her dressing room. The leading social media personality (and recent “Dancing With the Stars” frontrunner) is expanding her digital universe with “Get Real With Me,” ...

Sky has commissioned a series adaptation of the smash hit Stieg Larsson novel “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Variety has learned. Steve Lightfoot (“Spider-Noir,” “Behind Her Eyes,” “Hannibal”) and ...