The world often tugs at our attention, rerouting our focus throughout the day, leaving an ever-growing mountain of unfinished tasks and lingering feelings of malcontent. This zig-zag way of life, if ...

Check out Python’s powerful new linters and profiling tools, and learn how virtual environments can save you time and trouble. Meta’s long-awaited Pyrefly linter is out in a 1.0 version, and the ...

RoboForm tops iPhone password managers for 2026 with seamless login, form filling, and robust security; Keeper excels with Siri; 1Password is most trusted. If you’re like us, you have too many ...

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...

High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence. Credit...Video by Lauren Lancaster For The New ...

David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being fundamentally abstract. Whether it’s invented or discovered, its ...

RoboForm tops our list of Chrome password managers for 2026 with its excellent form filling and security, followed by Keeper for password generation. At least half the world’s internet users use ...

Earlier this year, I shook a strategy leader out of her deeply held convictions by asking three questions that made her stop and think. It shifted the tenor of the discussion, and after a more ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

Feeling gratitude for a kind thought or deed from a family member, friend, or neighbor is natural—but translating those thoughts into a warm thank‑you note or a heartfelt personal message can feel ...

Andrew Robinson is the author of Lost Languages (2002) and other books on scripts and decipherment. He is based in London. How the world’s largest language family spread — and why others go extinct ...