If you've ever used Microsoft Word on your smartphone, you've likely found it cramped, slow, or just plain frustrating. But that usually happens only when you don't use the app correctly. The mobile ...

Microsoft is retiring a feature that allowed you to send your documents to Kindle straight from Microsoft Word. In an update to the support document, Microsoft confirmed that it's removing the option ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

The start of a new year is a time for resolutions. But before you make a list of goals, do one simple thing: Set an intention. Thinking about your intentions can help clarify your values, goals and ...

As someone who’s originally from Southern California and now lives in the South, it’s not uncommon for me to get Valley girl comments. I have a habit of throwing in a quick “you know, like” or “so ...

How directors and writers striving for a PG-13 rating have learned to ration the use of a four-letter obscenity. By Julia Jacobs Produced by Rumsey Taylor Tim Herlihy had far exceeded his allotment of ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom mocked a recent Trump speech by repeatedly posting a single word, drawing attention to what he framed as flaws in the address and sparking reactions across political ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In what many observers might characterize as both ironic and, in some respects, entirely predictable, Merriam-Webster has named ...

There's always that one friend who pulls out random big words in the middle of a casual sentence. To them, it feels natural, even if it leaves others standing around with a puzzled look. It's almost ...

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) said that people are exhibiting “shameful” behavior while driving by his house after President Donald Trump issued a statement against the governor. Trump called Walz “seriously ...

A disgraced CNN anchor who was ousted from the journalism industry after she used the N-word in a private exchange with a black source died at 62 last week after a battle with lung cancer. Valerie ...