The Washington Post

An Ohio newspaper has a new star writer. It isn’t human.

The Plain Dealer, Cleveland’s largest newspaper, has begun to feature a new byline. On recent articles about an ice carving festival, a medical research discovery and a roaming pack of chicken-slaying ...
National Catholic Reporter

Pope Leo tells priests not to use AI to write homilies or seek likes on TikTok

Pope Leo XIV has urged priests to not to use artificial intelligence to write their homilies or to seek "likes" on social media platforms like TikTok. In a question-and-answer session with clergy from ...
Wall Street Journal

Doctors Without Borders Says Gunmen Are Using a Gaza Hospital, Posing Risk to Patients and Staff

Doctors Without Borders suspended all noncritical services at one of Gaza’s largest hospitals, the group said, alleging that the facility was being used by armed men, some masked, to intimidate and ...
The Atlantic

The Problem With Using AI in Your Personal Life

My friend recently attended a funeral, and midway through the eulogy, he became convinced that it had been written by AI. There was the telltale proliferation of abstract nouns, a surfeit of ...
Ars Technica

How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...
Variety

Matt Damon Says Netflix Wants Movies to Restate the ‘Plot Three or Four Times in the Dialogue’ Because Viewers are on ‘Their Phones While They’re Watching’

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck recently appeared on the “Joe Rogan Experience” to promote their new Netflix film “The Rip,” and the long-time friends and collaborators shared their thoughts on how the ...
WRIC

Richmond’s Scott’s Addition to reinstate parking enforcement after years without

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Parking enforcement is returning to parts of Richmond’s Scott’s Addition for the first time in years. Starting on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, select streets in the Greater Scott’s ...
The New York Times

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

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 ...
BGR

You Can Back Up Your Android Phone Without Using Cloud Storage - Here's How

Creating a cloud backup of your photos, videos, and files lets you access them from any device and keep them safe. You can also free up your Android phone storage and ...
The Hill

Flying without a REAL ID? Getting through TSA could cost you under proposed program

(NEXSTAR) — Back in May, after several years of delays, authorities began imposing the REAL ID requirement to board flights and enter nuclear power plants and certain federal buildings. While ...
walb

‘I’d never afford this without help’: Georgia program delivers relief on power bills

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Georgia homeowners are seeing significant reductions in their electric bills thanks to a new $220 million energy rebate program, part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. The ...