It’s likely no surprise to hear how much we love reading over here at The Charlotte Observer. We read all day as part of our jobs, and many of us love to spend our free time reading, too. So when I ...

Once you spot the telltale signs of writing generated by artificial intelligence, you can’t unsee them. They appear in the chipper press releases that crash my inbox, opening with “I hope this note ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...

In later life , the worst thing you could call Robert Frost was ‘literary’. ‘If I’m somewhat academic (I’m more agricultural) and you are somewhat executive, so much the better,’ he wrote to Wallace ...

Shantanu Anand, 33, stays in touch with friends through “pebbling". Every night, he opens his Instagram DMs to see the reels his friends have sent him during the day. He reacts with emoticons, called ...

Whether you’re trying to brainstorm a novel or draft a last-minute email, an AI tool like ChatGPT can likely get you most of the way there. But what if you need a long and detailed response to your ...

Americans are divided on which party to blame if funding lapses after midnight tonight, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Yet a plurality – 38% – say Republicans, who control the White ...

Learn how to build an automatic farm for string and emeralds in Minecraft 1.21 and newer. This efficient setup uses spider spawning mechanics and villager trades to generate unlimited resources in ...

Meredith Dietz is Lifehacker’s Senior Staff Writer. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and Communications from Northeastern University, where she graduated as valedictorian of her college.