Cigarette smoking in the United States has plummeted over the decades, reaching an 80-year low in 2024. But nicotine, the highly addictive stimulant found in tobacco, has turned into a weird new trend ...

Walmart is on a quest to make its in-store pickup process free of human interaction. The big-box store is rolling out a giant self-serve kiosk tower for online orders to more than a dozen locations.

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler ...

A jury decided the logistics company was at fault when it forced a woman with an at-risk pregnancy back to work. Greater Cincinnati man jailed on sextortion charges; sheriff believes there's more ...

It’s hard to overstate the role that Wi-Fi plays in virtually every facet of life. The organization that shepherds the wireless protocol says that more than 48 billion Wi-Fi-enabled devices have ...

In some ways, Amazon has lagged its big tech peers in AI. It doesn't have a leading large language model, and it seems to have gotten off to a late start in generative AI. However, Amazon does have a ...