While it was President Joe Biden who signed the law that would force ByteDance to sell its stake in TikTok or face a ban, it’s his successor, Donald Trump, who has yet to fulfill his promise of arranging a deal to keep TikTok running, legally, in the United States. The current deadline for a deal
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children under age 2 get vaccinated.
Google Docs will now let you generate an audio version of your documents using AI. In a post announcing the rollout, Google says you can customize Gemini’s AI audio output with different voices and playback speeds. This feature isn’t just for a document’s creator, as Google says readers can access a shared document’s AI-generated audio
Google is one step closer to reaching its nuclear ambitions now that it’s working with public power utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to purchase electricity from a next-generation reactor. It’s the first power purchase agreement for technology this advanced that a US utility has made, according to the companies. The plan is for TVA to
Doris Lessing on How to Read a Book and How to Read the World Doris Lessing, Nobel laureate and one of the twentieth century’s most incisive literary thinkers, understood reading…
The latest world news as of August 19, 2025, features high-profile diplomatic moves on the Russia-Ukraine war, deadly violence in the Congo, labor actions in Canada, and a developing humanitarian…
The Federal Trade Commission is suing a ticket broker for allegedly using “illegal means” to buy up hundreds of thousands of live event tickets, including for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Key Investment Group, which also does business as Epic Seats, TotalTickets.com, and Totally Tix, is accused of violating the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act
Prepare your best clown makeup: Team Cherry, the developers of Hollow Knight: Silksong, will be making a “special announcement” about the game on Thursday at 10:30AM ET. The announcement will be shown on Team Cherry’s YouTube channel, and the premiere link is already live. It’s been a very long wait for solid Silksong news, so
Ellen Bass’s poem “Kiss” is a radiant meditation on the power of tenderness in the face of the world’s overwhelming helplessness[2][4]. In an era marked by uncertainty, loss, and a…
Key world news as of August 19, 2025 includes escalating tensions in Ukraine and Gaza, diplomatic maneuvering involving major leaders, and violence in eastern Congo. Ukraine Conflict: U.S. President Trump…