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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Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...

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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, several of your favorite brands are launching adorable collaborations. If you’re lucky, they’re collaborating with each other, too. That’s what’s happening at ...

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In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Jane Goodall, the late primatologist, was known ...

Miranda Lambert is happy for many reasons. The country star and her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary on Monday, January 26, 2026. Just one day later, Miranda ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived at the the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday January 24, 2026, for the premiere of Cookie Queens, a documentary that Archewell Productions has ...

Rei is the Deputy Lead for GameRant's Anime Team from Kashmir, situated in Beirut. He's an avid fan of anime and manga. Rei grew up watching anime and had a knack for writing ever since he was a kid, ...

“It’s past 5 a.m. I’m gazing at glorious clouds from my plane windows. The sun starts to peep from the skyline. I look down at a speck of illumined land. An upbeat music – sounds of feet stomping, ...

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