Like everyone else, I too became as attached to my AirPods as I was to my phone. At peak distraction post-pandemic, my headphones were as essential to my days as hard-soled shoes: I wouldn’t leave my ...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since generative AI exploded onto the scene. In this past year, progress has continued its relentless pace: Vibe coding took off, companies embraced agentic workflows, ...

Scientists may have uncovered a surprising secret behind why life exists at all. A new study suggests that the Universe’s fundamental constants — the deep physical rules that govern everything from ...

Scientists have announced the results of a decade-long quest to measure Newton’s gravitational constant, the force that keeps our feet on the ground and holds planets in orbit. The pursuit was more or ...

In a forceful order affirming the public’s right to government records, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that Anton’s Law, the state’s historic police transparency measure, requires law ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...

Barbara is a tech writer specializing in AI and emerging technologies. With a background as a systems librarian in software development, she brings a unique perspective to her reporting. Having lived ...

AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, according to the results of a UK trial, a finding that could have implications for electricity systems worldwide. Grids from the US ...

Scientists from Brazil are challenging the traditional view of universal constants, proposing that only one constant—time itself—is needed to measure relativistic spacetime. The research team argued ...

When most people think of the Apple Wallet app, they think of just Apple Pay. They think it’s a way to pay for things digitally instead of using a physical card. While this is true, the Apple Wallet ...