Once, every middle-class home had a piano and a dictionary. The purpose of the piano was to be able to listen to music before phonographs were available and affordable. Later on, it was to torture ...

YouTube is rolling out a new annual Recap feature that’ll remind viewers of the content they most enjoyed throughout 2025. The Spotify Wrapped-style feature is launching in North America today ...

Do you ever feel like you know a celebrity you follow online, even though you've never met them in real life? Could you see yourself as their friend or think that you'd get on really well together? If ...

Last year, Collins Dictionary’s word of 2024 was “Brat”, based on the online phenomenon caused by Charli XCX’s mega-hit album. This year, their pick is similarly Very Online: they’ve chosen “vibe ...

Getting ready for coding interviews can feel like a big task, and figuring out the best way to tackle LeetCode is a common question. Many people find that using Python for their LeetCode solutions ...

“The best introduction to the lifelong pleasure and rewards of looking at pictures since Gombrich. An instant classic.” Stephen Fry If you (like most viewers) of Jan van Eyck’s “Arnolfini Portrait” ...

Not long after my arrival, though, everything changed. Pageviews were declining for Merriam-Webster.com, the company’s free, ad-driven revenue engine: Tweaks to Google’s algorithms had punished ...