Parents are upset about seductive lyrics in "Jabberin' Jack," a pumpkin toy. We talked to the song's writer, Peter McEvilley, about the controversy.

Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.

Instagram said it would remove harassing videos filmed with Meta AI glasses. Weeks later, dozens remain.

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Content shot on Meta glasses from pickup artists and pranksters can now get you banned.

Meta sold at least 7 million of its glasses last year, and Kylie Jenner debuted a new pair she designed. The backlash shows they're controversial.

An Oral History of Grunge

Sellers are adding AI-generated babes to listings for cars, boats, and more to draw attention. It's a new spin on the old adage of "sex sells."

The internet should be a place you go, not a place that comes to you. Google's new changes to search turn that all around. They'll ruin everything.

There seems to be a growing view that the computer keyboard is on the way out. Demoted, at least, as the primary method of input at work. Kate Clark, writing in the Wall Street Journal, looked at the ...

Connecticut libraries are licensing e-books instead of owning them, driving up long-term costs and straining budgets.

Hacky sacks were a '90s stoner trend. Now, they're taking over high schools as the latest Gen Z fad. Stores are sold out, and parents are thrilled.

Amazon's new AI shopping podcasts are like QVC without the humans. They turn product reviews into mini-shows — complete with a live Q&A.

It's getting harder to tell what's organically popular and what's being fed to us by "clippers" on our social feeds. The band Geese, for instance.

Heirs to the fortune created by Bic pens are suing a prominent Chilean businessman, seeking the return of a coveted 15th-century painting that they say was stolen from the family by a former employee.