Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians — Birdwatchers tell the BBC how apps have changed their lifelong hobby - and attracted new birders.
Think an EV is perfect for campus? Here's why you should buy a hybrid instead — For students balancing budgets and busy schedules, hybrids often make more sense than EVs.
Protesters rally in India’s Jharkhand over alleged exam irregularities — Demonstrators in Ranchi demand an overhaul of the state's examination system.
Teaching a child in <1000 ms: the architecture behind a real-time tutor — We set out to build the first AI tutor to teach math and reading to kids ages 4-9. For AI to actually teach a five-year-old, pedagogy must be baked into the engineering. A child can't wait for a slow…
nanoSPARK Keychain Striker #amazonfinds — nanoSPARK Keychain Striker #amazonfinds
American Food Safety Is In Its Flop Era — Plus the snack hyperacceleration, our golden age of pickles, and more.
a guy tracked what his kids actually ate for a year and made a spreadsheet. turns out the "balanced diet" thing is way messier than it looks.
Apple's Foldable iPhone Ultra Faces a Surging Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 — Apple's foldable iPhone is expected to arrive in September against a rival already outrunning its own forecasts. ETNews reports Samsung is building an extra one million Galaxy Z Fold 8 units, after the 4:3…
Grooming gang leader released from prison — Shabir Ahmed, known as 'Daddy' by his victims, was jailed for a total of 22 years in August 2012.
My kid asked why I was reading parenting books when I'm already a parent.. Fair point, I've been winging it the whole time.
my kid asked why we can't just pause real life like a video game and i realized i have no good answer for that
Ranking 2026 NFL rosters: Best projected starting lineups — Here's how every NFL roster stacks up ahead of the season, plus strengths, weaknesses, X factors and underrated players to know for all 32.
Nintendo Switch update makes the eShop much more responsive — The Nintendo eShop got a big makeover.
A dad built a decision tree for whether his kid actually needs something vs. just wants it — his 8-year-old now uses it unprompted and it's genius 🤯
US Adds Fewer Jobs Than Expected in June, Unemployment Rate Falls — US hiring slowed sharply in June as nonfarm payrolls increased 57,000 last month after downward revisions to the prior two months, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Thursday. Michael McKee…
A dad spent a year documenting every ridiculous thing his kid said, turns out 'why' questions have a pattern that actually explains how toddlers learn.
The Atlantic's recent piece on kids and phones is the parenting essay of the year. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/
Audi’s Q9 aims to replace the Cadillac Escalade as the new standard of tech luxury — Audi enthusiasts may bristle. Cadillac loyalists might feel the same. But nonetheless, here we are.
France pass toughest World Cup test yet in beating feisty Paraguay — France haven't really been challenged yet at this World Cup in the way Paraguay tested them on Sunday, but Mbappe & Co. were able to stay cool in the sweltering heat and advance to the quarterfinals.
Banksy works cost public almost £150,000 — FOI requests reveal Banksy artworks have cost taxpayers almost £150,000, with costs still rising.
I'm more excited about smartphone colors than any actual new features in 2026 — Forget AI, we are most looking forward to fun new colors this coming hardware season.
NYT Pips hints, answers for May 20, 2026 — Stuck on Easy, Medium, or Hard? We have everything you need right here.
Could tech replace firefighters in the battle against wildfires? — Tech is being used to watch for wildfires but firefighters are still needed to put them out.
when did kids stop asking 'why' after you answer and start just... accepting it? mine switched overnight and now i'm weirdly sad about it
My Prime Day picks are mostly boring, but that's also why they're worth buying — No one really enjoys Prime Day anymore. The days of finding a needle-in-a-haystack deal are long over, and now it’s...
the wave forecast model most surfers use has been wrong about swell direction for decades and nobody noticed until someone mapped the actual buoy data against it
Interactive map of every famous surf break in the world with actual footage of what the wave looks like on different swell days. You can see exactly why people drove across continents for a few seconds of the right tide.
Watched a surfer get perfect barrels for two hours straight while the rest of us got soup. He was just paddling different.
The Galaxy Z Fold 8's new shape isn't really better for videos, and it makes me a little sad [Gallery] — The wider Galaxy Z Fold 8 is Samsung’s first new foldable form factor in years and, at first glance, it...
Hiked the same trail every weekend for a month and didn't notice the waterfall until someone pointed out I'd been walking past it backwards the whole time.
Apple's £3 Billion UK iCloud Case Cleared for Trial — A class action lawsuit accusing Apple of overcharging U.K. iCloud users has been certified to go ahead, putting the £3 billion ($3.9 billion) claim on track for a trial in October 2028. According to BBC News, the Competition…
Palestine weekly wrap: World sanctions settlers, Israel funds settlements — Amnesty calls West Bank ethnic cleansing 'state-sponsored' and international allies bar Finance Minister Smotrich.
watched my friend explain his joke for five minutes straight. turns out the punchline was that there was no punchline... bombing builds character i guess
Spurs to enter Wharton chase - Saturday's gossip — Tottenham are the latest club interested in Adam Wharton, Liverpool are yet to agree a deal for Yan Diomande, Fulham fail with their opening bid for Chibuike Nwaiwu, plus more.
Dybantsa leads Wizards to win in potential summer swan song — In what could be his last game of summer league, No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa scored 23 points to go along with seven rebounds, helping the Washington Wizards remain undefeated with a 104-85 victory over the Sacramento…
My kid asked why I was tired and I said 'because adulting is hard' and now she tells people she's tired because 'kid-ing is hard' and honestly she's not wrong 😅
Frontiers | “Mommy, do you love your phone more than me?”: Parental device use and the adolescent-caregiver attachment bond — While there is robust literature on the negative impact of adolescent device use on physical and psychological health, there is less research on the use…
a pediatrician made a chart of what kids actually need at each age and it's so much less stuff than the industry tells you 📊
6 Excel features I wish I'd learned years earlier — These overlooked Excel features simplify formula editing, data analysis, web imports, and managing information across multiple worksheets.
Kelela & PinkPantheress Team Up On New Song "the bridge": Listen — For the past few years, PinkPantheress has been one of the most influential forces in global pop music. She’s the artist who figured out how to make retro-futuristic dance beats feel personal and intimate and…
117 dead dogs found at California 'no-kill' animal rescue - many with gunshot wounds — Hundreds more animals are still missing from the California facility as investigators continue excavating the grounds.
How to win a World Cup penalty shootout — We have a look at what can be learned from every World Cup penalty taken in a shootout ever.
My kid asked why I was tired and I said 'because grown-ups have a lot to think about' — now she pretends to be exhausted and sighs while doing her homework. I've created a tiny middle manager.
A New Wellness Center In Kerala May Be India's Most Ambitious Yet — Susan d'Arcy checked into the newly opened Tulåh Clinical Wellness to experience what happens when the spiritual meets the medical
Koundé says Yamal meant no 'lack of respect' in France jibe — Jules Koundé said Monday that Spain winger Lamine Yamal's comments that France should fear the defending Euro champions ahead of their FIFA World Cup semifinal weren't a sign of disrespect.
why do surfers paddle out on days the forecast says 'flat' and then post photos of actual waves?? 🌊🤔 saw someone's explanation and it rewired how i think about weather apps
Meet the Minion-Maker — Off the release of “Minions & Monsters,” the director Pierre Coffin reflects on creating the language of Minionese, partly inspired by Indian food.
my kid asked me why i was sad and i realized i couldn't remember the last time i wasn't thinking about something else 😶
This mom realized her kid's constant "why" phase was actually them building a mental model of how causality works — totally changed how she answers questions now
mom friend just told me she lets her kids pick one "bad" thing to do daily so they stop sneaking everything. now her 7yo openly eats cereal for dinner twice a week and somehow this fixed the lying 💀
Papua separatists kill American pilot in ‘message’ to US and Indonesia — Rebels shoot pilot and set his civilian plane on fire amid long-running low-level battle for independence in region
Child among three killed in Russian missile attacks near Kyiv — Russia continued its overnight attacks after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of Ukraine's dwindling supplies of missile interceptors.
My Honest Review of HexClad’s Hybrid Cookware Set for 2026 — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/edit/skills/2026/2026-08/hexclad-cookware-set-review/hexclad-cookware-steak-3"> There’s almost nothing it can’t do. <a…
The death and rebirth of my home server — steen's online burrow