Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Team GB freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy has sparked controversy at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy after posting a graphic anti-ICE message written in snow using his urine, yet will face no punishment ...

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement was racing to add 10,000 new officers to its force, an artificial intelligence error in how their applications were processed ...

A video script is, in many ways, no different than a script for a feature film or television show: It’s a written blueprint for the visual story you want to tell. Now, in terms of format, a video ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

Even more than ten years after its finale, The Office (streaming with a Peacock subscription) keeps producing behind-the-scenes gems that highlight just how much of the show’s brilliance came from its ...

Governor Gavin Newsom called the White House "reckless" for going ahead with a military display during Vice President JD Vance's visit to California after an artillery shell accidentally detonated and ...

Who knew that a Republican governor from Utah would come up with what I consider the simplest and most valuable insight of the year? “Social media is a cancer on our society right now,” Gov. Spencer ...

I used to believe I taught the one genre that artificial intelligence couldn’t touch. For 15 years, I’ve guided college students through the deeply human work of personal narrative, helping them ...

Amid the highly online, digitized world we all live in, there sits a person writing in an old-fashioned planner. Their pen moves across the pages of a day planner. Another notebook lay open and face ...