A new gender-neutral pronoun, 'X也' (ta), is set to revolutionize Chinese language use. Approved by Unicode in September 2025, ...

Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.

Monica S. Aswani ([email protected]), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. Lauren A. Do, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. Paul R. Shafer, Boston University. The ...

Lawrence Ruben uses an electric auger to punch a hole through roughly six inches of ice on the Hornaday River east of Paulatuk, N.W.T. The machine does its job in four seconds. Water and pulverized ...

A rare Unicode character, the right-to-left override (RTLO), can make executable files appear as harmless Word or image documents. This trick is increasingly used in malware campaigns, highlighting ...

Hamza is a gaming enthusiast and a Writing Specialist from Pakistan. A firm believer in Keyboard/Mouse supremacy, he will play Tekken with WASD if you let him. He has been writing about games since ...

First-person mode is Anno 117: Pax Romana’s best-kept secret. The game won’t tell you how to use it, and it’s not even mentioned in the keybinds, but it’s certainly possible to walk around like a ...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new set of three extensions associated with the GlassWorm campaign, indicating continued attempts on part of threat actors to target the Visual Studio Code ...

In response to growing public concern, Character.ai is banning users under 18 from open-ended chatbot conversations. The company will add age verification and create an AI Safety Lab as well. The move ...

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Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit in a world changing faster than any generation before them. They’re bursting with emotions, hyper-stimulated, and chronically online. And now, AI ...

The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves. By Natallie Rocha and Kashmir Hill Natallie ...