Using abbreviations in text messages comes across as less sincere, study finds

Animals become less sociable as they age in similar way to humans, research shows

While decline in interactions is seen as negative for humans, it can have health benefits for animals. While Victor Meldrew was a cantankerous caricature, humans are known to become less social as ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

14 Best Cheap Headphones and Earbuds for $100 or Less (2024)

You could fill a stadium or two with all the cheap headphones out there. We tested a ton to help you pick the right pair.

Tech - Wired - October 29

Mike Tomlin: A little less rust for Russell Wilson, not surprised by his capabilities

The Steelers were 4-2 with Justin Fields as their starting quarterback, so there was some risk to the team's decision to switch to Russell Wilson before their Week Seven game against the Jets After ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 29

Trump ahead by less than 1 point in Michigan survey

Former President Trump leads Vice President Harris by less than 1 percentage point in the battleground state of Michigan, a survey from Emerson College Polling/RealClearWorld found. The poll ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Some Geologists Argue Earth Has Fewer Than Seven Continents

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school.

World - The New York Times - October 30

U.S. economy grew at a 2.8% pace in the third quarter, less than expected

Gross domestic product was expected to increase at a 3.1% annualized pace in the third quarter.

Business - CNBC - October 30

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8% pace in the third quarter, less than expected

The U.S. economy posted another solid though slightly disappointing period of growth in the third quarter, propelled higher by strong consumer spending that has defied expectations for a slowdown.

Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 Announcement Is Less Than Five Months Away

Nintendo has reconfirmed that the Switch successor will be revealed by the end of March 2025 , when its current financial year concludes. Company president Shuntaro Furukawa made the ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 5

Bank stocks jump almost 12% as traders bet on less regulation in a Trump presidency

A handful of well-known bank names jumped as traders ready for a second Trump term.

Business - CNBC - November 6

Harris saw less support from women voters than her predecessors

For the second time in the past decade, a woman at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket failed to secure the White House. While Vice President Kamala Harris secured the majority of female ...

Philippines set to be hit by fifth major storm in less than a month

Tropical Storm Usagi is days away from making landfall, after Typhoon Toraji, Severe Tropical Storm Trami, Typhoon Yinxing and Super Typhoon Kong-rey. The Philippines issued new weather warnings on ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can opt for less personalized ads

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription

Tech - ABC News - 2 days ago

Trump has promised to 'save TikTok'. What happens next is less clear

After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal fight about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe

Tech - ABC News - 2 days ago

The ECHL Is Coming To Greensboro

On the day of Opening Weekend, the ECHL made big news with the addition of its 30th team.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 18

Karma comes for Boeing’s shareholders

Nearly a fifth of total shares will soon be owned by participants in a giant capital raise

Business - Financial Times - October 28

Can Boeing come back?

The aircraft maker was a great American company — then things started falling apart.

Business - Financial Times - October 29

The Elites Had It Coming

Democrats got exactly what they set out to get, and now here we are.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Coming Home to Bed-Stuy

Members of the Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant hold a house tour once a year to show off the culture and history of the Black home aesthetic.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Meta Introduces Spirit LM open source model that combines text and speech inputs/outputs

Spirit LM Expressive incorporates emotional cues into its speech generation and can detect and reflect anger, surprise, or joy.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 19

Nicole Scherzinger was texting Liam Payne on the day he died, calls him a 'blessing' to work with

Nicole Scherzinger pays tribute to Liam Payne, warmly reflecting on their work on 'The X Factor' and more recently on Netflix's 'Building the Band.'

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 25

Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days

Across the U.S., people's phones are pinging with text messages from Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their allies

Tech - ABC News - October 31

From Snapchat to texts: How group chats from Ohio State have benefited C.J. Stroud, Texans

At Ohio State, Stroud used Snapchat to analyze the game. He brought the same idea to the NFL.

Sports - ESPN - October 31

Ping! Harris and Trump blowing up your phones with texts in campaign's last days