A federal judge has ordered the California man who pleaded guilty to sending phony ransom messages to the family of missing Arizona woman Nancy Guthrie to enter inpatient substance abuse treatment ...

I'm confused: Is Nintendo back in on mobile gaming, or all out? Barely more than a month ago, the company released smartphone game Pictonico!, its third new mobile game in the space of a year, ...

England captain Harry Kane has urged his teammates to be prepared for a stern examination when they take on co-hosts Mexico in a blockbuster FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 clash at the iconic Estadio ...

The war in Iran has cast a shadow of uncertainty on both superpowers, dimming early hopes that they could begin to address the larger issues that have frayed their relationship. By David E. Sanger ...

I have a 16-year-old daughter, “Katrina.” Katrina likes to read, albeit mostly romantasy. And now she’s writing her own romantasy novel. She asked me to be a kind of beta reader for it, and I agreed.

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So, you want to get better at Python? That’s cool. There are a ton of ways to learn, but honestly, just messing around with code and seeing how things work is a pretty solid approach. This article is ...

The Juke EV looks wild, but that’s not the whole story. Nissan hid a Morse code message in the reveal and on the car itself. The new Juke EV doesn’t stray far from what made the original stand out. It ...

Samsung has officially announced that its Messages app will be discontinued in July 2026, after which users will no longer be able to send messages through it except to emergency contacts. Samsung is ...

President Donald Trump marked Easter with a message that quickly drew attention — not for its celebration of the holiday, but for its tone. The post is the latest example of Trump’s unfiltered online ...

WSJ’s Kate Clark demonstrates how Anthropic’s new Cowork tool can help non-coders automate their lives–or at least attempt to. Photo: Claire Hogan/WSJ Anthropic is racing to contain the fallout after ...

Google has confirmed it’s adding a Trash folder to Google Messages. The folder will hold trashed messages for up to 30 days before deleting them automatically. We’ve seen this feature in beta, but ...