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.

In May of 2025, MySQL celebrated its 30th anniversary. Not many technology projects go strong for three decades, let alone at the level of use that MySQL enjoys. MySQL is listed at #2 on the ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of ...

Lucas is a writer and narrative designer from Argentina with over 15 years of experience writing for games and news. He keeps a watchful eye at the gaming world and loves to write about the hottest ...

Organizations have a wealth of unstructured data that most AI models can’t yet read. Preparing and contextualizing this data is essential for moving from AI experiments to measurable results. In ...

If you’re a Wegmans shopper, Big Brother may be watching you. The supermarket chain said it’s starting to use facial recognition technology in some stores. Wegmans addressed its strategy after signs ...

Children are increasingly using AI chatbots for companionship to act out violent and sexual role-play, a new report from a digital security firm has found. Aura’s 2025 State of the Youth survey ...

Homebuyers in Florida have quietly begun closing on homes without using an agent — relying instead on artificial intelligence to search listings, generate offers and draft contracts. Tech startup Homa ...

A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first ...

A Deloitte report commissioned by the Canadian government featured fake citations generated from fictional academic papers. Deloitte Canada says that “AI was not used to write the report,” but was ...

Enable the AWS Advanced JDBC Wrapper's IAM authentication plugin to work with MySQL Connector/J's loadbalance:// protocol, allowing query-level load balancing across RDS MySQL read replicas while ...