AI wants to make your writing more polite – CNET

Carnegie Mellon University scientists come up with a technique that automatically makes communication better mannered, thank…

Estimated 100,000 join massive Zoom event honoring influential late rabbi – CNET

With the coronavirus pandemic limiting travel, many can't make their usual journey to the burial site…

How tech and social media are making us feel lonelier than ever – CNET

The loneliness paradox: All that time online can connect us in amazing ways, but it can…

Legendary on HBO Max: Drag ***** meet Drag Race in high-octane showdown – CNET

Review: The vibrant new competition celebrates creativity, self-acceptance and the power of community. And it might…

AI made up these words. The bobweiser can vouch for their quality – CNET

Instagram's former engineering director trains an algorithm to invent vocabulary. Sometimes, nonsense can make perfect sense.

See Rembrandt’s The Night Watch in ‘hyper resolution’ as 44.8-gigapixel photo – CNET

Zoom in to see the most minute details of the masterpiece.

Boston cop uses mating call on phone to lure lovelorn peacock – CNET

The male bird breaks out of the zoo, possibly in search of a female.

Coronavirus reopenings: How it looks as lockdowns ease around the world – CNET

From the US to Indonesia, Germany to Pakistan, Canada to New Zealand, the world is coming…

Spotify playlist brings New York noise to a world silenced by coronavirus – CNET

Honking, cabs, subway musicians, baseball games. These lively audio clips replay the urban soundtrack that's gone…

Sports teams are filling empty stadiums in a weird way during coronavirus – CNET

With social distancing impacting major sports events around the world, paper people will have to do…