The “rules-based international order” was never a set of neutral rules. It was a story the U.S. told — about itself, its power and its right to bend norms when convenient. In January, that story ...

The tool landscape has evolved dramatically from the good old days, and in many cases, that's a good thing. Power tools are in great abundance, and there are so many niche tools these days that you ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When I first purchased my home in 2019, I had no idea what I would end up doing in terms of tools. There are so many recommended essential ...

Intel’s Core Ultra lineup of desktop and laptop processors has been frustrating to review. None of them has been across-the-board awful or totally without redeeming qualities. But Intel has struggled ...

USB, or Universal Serial Bus, has become a common denominator across devices from every corner of the world. And while it was previously looked at as only a connector for keyboards, mice, and external ...

AI on the JVM accelerates: New frameworks like Embabel, Koog, Spring AI, and LangChain4j drive rapid adoption of AI-native and AI-assisted development in Java. Java 25 anchors a modern baseline: The ...

Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced that Ausgrid, Australia’s largest electricity distributor, has eliminated Oracle Java audit exposure and reduced potential Java licensing ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver have been cast in Joseph Cedar’s “Useful Idiots,” a provocative thriller set in New York City. “Useful Idiots” follows veteran journalist Diane Castle (Streep) as she ...

Political movements are big messy things, full of imperfect people. Some of those people can be counted on to fall for malign or otherwise crackpot dogmas, and that fact requires a movement’s ...

Today’s leaders face increasingly complex decisions and moral puzzles, often without a clear compass to navigate them. Many are weighing painful cost-cutting measures due to economic uncertainty and ...

Alfred Wilson-Spencer receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grants NE/T000228/1 and NE/V010867/1. He works for the University of Leeds. The iron-rich core at the centre ...