After a full year of hectic news, original trends and nonstop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word: “slop.” On Dec. 15, Merriam-Webster announced “slop” as the 2025 Word of ...

For us linguists, the flurry of "word of the year" announcements from dictionaries and publishers is a holiday tradition as anticipated as mince pies. The words of the year aren't just a fun peek into ...

Sriraam Raja, the founding engineer at the software company Decode, has been using generative AI to write code for two years. He says he can get projects done about twice as fast when he uses a ...

There is certainly some irony in one of the questions most commonly posed to Alexa this year: “What does AI mean?” Amazon’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant has become a regular feature in 21st ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

The first social media reactions to Nia DaCosta's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple have been shared online following the horror sequel's press screening on Tuesday night, and based on these initial ...

UC Berkeley Computer Science Professor Sarah Chasins joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about coding. How did programmers code the first ever code? What remnants of the early World ...

The past 11 months have been a lot as 2025 reaches its conclusion this December. From incredible TV shows, wild viral moments, and unbelievable news stories, this year has truly seen it all, with the ...

The past 11 months have been a lot as 2025 reaches its conclusion this December. From incredible TV shows, wild viral moments, and unbelievable news stories, this year has truly seen it all, with the ...

Spotify released its popular annual feature, Spotify Wrapped, on Wednesday, Dec. 3. The feature allows users to see their most-listened-to songs, artists, and genres from the past year. Spotify ...

Someone once told me that you can tell a person’s in a good relationship because they rarely mention it. I think there’s probably something in that: the idea that a healthy relationship attracts less ...