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.

Mayor Mamdani on Thursday took the first step toward getting New York City’s planned universal child care for 2-year-olds off the ground, asking providers if they’re interested in offering the new ...

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of ...

This scaling comes from a fundamentally new approach to generating optical tweezer arrays: metasurfaces. Metasurfaces are flat optical devices comprising a two-dimensional array of nanometer-sized ...

Path of Exile 2 could just be the biggest ARPG in the world when it leaves early access, but ahead of the new Last of the Druids expansion launching next week, Escapist sat down with Creative Director ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...