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.

Anyone looking to get into drawing but feeling they don’t have the time could benefit from a method known as “micro-learning,” where they spend a few minutes a day on an interactive digital platform, ...

Supermicro's stock surged due to AI-driven demand for its high-density servers. Super Micro is publicly traded, enabling easy stock purchase via brokerages. Despite recent pullbacks, competition and ...

Microsoft is working on a redesigned Run dialog for Windows 11, but Raycast has just beaten the company with a much better variant. Recent Windows 11 preview builds allow you to enable a redesigned ...

Last month, one of the best productivity apps for Mac finally became available for Windows. That’s Raycast, which is like a keyboard-controlled Swiss Army Knife for your computer. Open Raycast with a ...

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What if you could search for and control most anything in Windows from a single tool? While Raycast has been around for years for Mac, now Raycast for Windows helps amp up the productivity. Plus, you ...

On The Vergecast: What happens when the AI models get access to your computer. On The Vergecast: What happens when the AI models get access to your computer. is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host ...

A new tote bag just dropped at Trader Joe's, except this one may be a little smaller than the ones you're used to seeing. The California-based grocery chain has unveiled a new canvas Micro Tote, ...