Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

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OpenAI has quietly reversed a major change to how hundreds of millions of people use ChatGPT. On a low-profile blog that tracks product changes, the company said that it rolled back ChatGPT’s model ...

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In 2020 the Navy had a simple plan to build its next fleet of small warships, the Constellation class: take a European design and build it in America. In 2020 the Navy had a simple plan to build its ...

New York’s legal bloat cost taxpayers and businesses a whopping $96.3 billion last year in excessive litigation — and reformers fear Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s administration could make it worse.

The CMS Innovation Center has debuted a new model to encourage the use of technology to treat chronic diseases, which could be a boon for health tech companies that have struggled with reimbursement.

If anyone visited Jamie Campbell Bower in the days before he secured the role of Vecna in “Stranger Things,” they might have been disturbed by what they found. Bower had spent that period “kind of ...

First chance I got, I downloaded the Sora app. I uploaded images of my face—the one my children kiss at bedtime—and my voice—the voice I use to tell my wife I love her—and added them to my Sora ...

At Lifehack Method, where we help clients master time management and build systems for living fulfilling, balanced lives, we see this every day. People are desperate for tools that promise to take the ...

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