You may have your own go-to emoji, but according to Emojipedia, these are some of the most popular emoji as of the mid-December. The list changes periodically, so what's popular now might not be ...

Buzzy, a new AI startup, claims it can decode social media virality, but questions remain about transparency, data, and ...

Artificial intelligence is starting to do more than transcribe what we say. By learning to read the brain’s own electrical chatter, it is beginning to expose the hidden steps our neurons take as they ...

BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. – When Paris Hoisington and her family found a message in a small bottle on the beach last month, it seemed the story had ended with the bottle’s 4,600-mile, eight-year journey.

Python 3.14.1 also has a few improvements to building for iOS and iPadOS platforms. Binary modules can now be compiled with dynamic library linking, instead of Framework linking. The iOS testbed app ...

DeepSeek unveils V3.2 AI models matching GPT-5 and Google Gemini 3.0 Pro performance at fraction of the cost, introducing breakthrough sparse attention and reasoning-with-tools capabilities in ...

Northeastern University researchers used an original machine learning tool to predict how genetic mutations cause a rare metabolic disease known as OTC deficiency, uncovering some underlying ...

This article is part of a package in collaboration with Forbes on time capsules, preserving information and communicating with the future. Read more from the report. After my grandmother died, we had ...

During this week’s Beachcombing survey, I came across not one, not two, but three messages in bottles washed up along the beach. That makes six bottles found in the past month and brings my total to ...

Google Messages is testing a long-awaited trash folder feature, enabling users to easily recover accidentally deleted texts. This significant update, found in the latest beta, will eliminate the ...

Bring more life and personalization to your group chats, by adding backgrounds to your conversations in Messages in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. Here's how to change yours for the better. Messages is an ...

Signal is the uber secure messenger with the same features as WhatsApp but without Meta casting its long shadow over your phone. But Signal is so secure, it doesn’t even provide iPhone users with a ...