August Hanning is accused of helping foreign governments. His arrest shook the German political world and had roots in a steakhouse-heiress kidnapping plot.

The Oracle billionaire spent almost $10 million on houses for his children’s tutors and others about 30 minutes from his Florida compound.

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Marshall McLuhan’s longtime associate Derrick de Kerckhove shares memories of their work in the 1970s—Part II

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Algorithms and short-form video drove engagement. They also made it easier to quit.

With the baseball playoffs upon us, the strangest conspiracy theory is making its way through the nation’s dugouts.

"She’s part of our bringing delight and surprise and letting it ripple through the city."

Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?

One of the 20th century’s biggest media formats was often thrown out in the rush to embrace VHS. But preservationists say visual history is being lost.

In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’

Niall Ferguson and Luke Nichter are using AI to decipher 3,400 hours of Nixon’s secretly recorded conversations. Finally, we can hear the controversial presidency as it actually happened.

The great economist’s lessons on knowledge and spontaneous order offer the best path forward.

He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew.

Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber's new book explores when people aren't really celebrities, or even 'influencers'—just folks with a fandom.

Blocked from other social media, middle schoolers have had to get creative.

Supposedly decimated last year, they are back and stronger than ever.

Forty years ago, David Byrne’s ‘True Stories’ celebrated the independent spirit of small-town Texas at a time when everything was changing.

He played with Rocket From the Tombs and the Dead Boys, whose snarling nihilism opened the door to an entire music genre in the 1970s.

Despite the success of his hit slasher film, he played no part in the 11 sequels that followed and chose to pivot into the world of soap operas like “All My Children.”

Recording by the legendary musicologist Alan Lomax of Abner Boggs singing a heartrending rendition of this popular murder ballad.