The surprisingly deep history of a ubiquitous font.
Marcin Wichary, the author of Shift Happens — an exhaustively researched, beautifully designed and photographed history of the keyboard — is back with a deep dive into Gorton, a font found on ...
Perplexity’s new Deep Research tool is free to use.
The AI search engine’s new tool “performs dozens of searches, reads hundreds of sources, and reasons through the material to ...
The AP is losing access to the Oval Office.
President Donald Trump’s administration is upset that the Associate Press won’t use the name Gulf of America. AP reporters ...
Enough with the sign-outs.
No seriously, we were annoyed by that bug, too. A bunch of you flagged that our site kept signing you out of your commenting ...
Elon Musk’s DOGE website has been defaced because anyone can edit it
The DOGE website created to document how Elon Musk’s team is eviscerating the US federal government is wide open for anyone ...
Wikipedia looks to shield its editors from “an increase in threats.”
The Wikimedia Foundation will likely soon have to contend with “the rising noise of criticism from Elon Musk and others,” as founder Jimmy Wales recently put it. It’s already taking measures to ...
Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook
Federal workers say platforms they once used to communicate with their coworkers and friends increasingly feel insecure.
Apple has started advertising on X again
Apple was among several major advertisers, including Amazon, Disney, Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery, and IBM, to pull out of ...
Waste.gov locks down after people discover it’s just a WordPress template
Waste.gov, a new government website registered by the Trump administration, has been hidden and locked down after 404 Media ...
Scarlett Johansson calls for deepfake ban after AI video goes viral
Johansson says passing AI safety laws should be ‘a top priority.’ ...