Love it or hate it, email remains a critical communication channel. However, managing an overflowing inbox or crafting the perfect message sometimes feels like more trouble than it’s worth.
Thankfully, we’re entering the golden age of artificial intelligence. From crafting professional responses to organizing your inbox, the technology is revolutionizing the way we interact with our emails by . . . well, minimizing the amount of time we interact with our emails.
Carjackings and car thefts are up significantly compared with the number of incidents before the pandemic, prompting fear and calls for action in many American cities.
Motor vehicle thefts increased by 29% in 2023 compared with the previous year, while carjackings slightly decreased by 5% in nearly 40 American cities, according to the Council on Criminal Justice’s most recent crime trends report. But between 2019 and 2023, both car thefts and carjackings i
Intuitive Machines CEO Stephen Altemus stares wondrously at the two-ton contraption holding court in a cavernous, environment-controlled room at his company’s new digs at the Houston Spaceport. A tangle of wiring and electronics wrapped in silver and gold insulation crawls like ivy around the 13-x-5-foot hexagonal cylinder perched on six landing legs. Behind it, an oversize American flag hugs the wall in dramatic flair.
This is the Nova-C IM-1 lander, now awaiting a launch wi
The United States is in the grips of a loneliness epidemic: Since 2018, about half the population has reported that it has experienced loneliness. Loneliness can be as dangerous to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a 2023 surgeon general’s report.
It is not just individual lives that are at risk. Democracy requires the capacity to feel connected to other citizens in order to work toward collective solutions.
In an age where communal experiences are becoming almost extinct, the Super Bowl stands as a rare exception to the rule. For one glorious Sunday, most Americans are glued to their television and phone screens at the same time. This is an opportunity that advertisers pay big money to seize upon every year. But how do we know if it’s worth it?
One metric by which to measure the success of a commercial campaign is social media engagement. According to Sprout Social, data from th
By many estimates, the greeting card industry is in decline, with sales shrinking and retailers moving to cut shelf space in recent years as birthday wishes and holiday greetings moved to social media and text.
But for those looking to send their loved ones something more than a text this Valentine’s Day but worried a paper card is a little too 20th century, there’s still another alternative: e-cards, which in recent years have moved beyond the basic GIFs of holidays p
The going rate for an audiobook membership from for-pay services such as Audible is around $15 per month. But there are plenty of great sites out there that let you stream or download audiobooks for free if you’re willing to put in a little bit of effort.
Here’s a short list of sites to check out before you pony up for a monthly membership.
Hoopla
Arguably your best choice if you’re looking for a nicely curated selection of popular audioboo
A crowd vandalized and set fire to a Waymo self-driving car using a firework in San Francisco on Saturday, the Alphabet-owned company and authorities said, marking the most destructive attack so far on driverless vehicles in the U.S.
On Saturday night, a crowd surrounded a white sport utility vehicle that was moving along a street in the city’s Chinatown district, a company spokesperson said.
Michael Vandi, a witness who posted videos of the incident, told
Joby Aviation is one step closer to becoming the Uber of the air. The California-based air-taxi company announced Sunday that it has signed an agreement with the Dubai government to begin operating air taxis in the United Arab Emirates in 2026, with some operations beginning as early as next year. If it can hit this goal, Joby and the UAE will be able to boast the first regularly operating air-taxi service in the world.
Joby has hit several milestones recently. Back in 2021, it show
In January 2007, when Steve Jobs introduced the first-ever iPhone, just 3% of Americans owned a smartphone. Within a decade that number had skyrocketed to more than 80%.
This widespread adoption changed everything. Smartphones put all the world’s knowledge in our pockets. They fostered social platforms and fomented revolutions. And they shortened our attention spans.
In 2015 Microsoft announced the average human attention span was just eight seconds—shorter t