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.

TikTok’s new Terms of Service sound alarming, but most data collection practices are largely unchanged from previous versions. The biggest update formalizes how ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s most talked-about movies continues with the Venice Film Festival-premiering Frankenstein, Netflix’s epic drama and long ...

SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TerraMaster, a professional storage brand dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for home users, businesses, and developers, today officially ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Wicked: For Good, the second film in the Jon M. Chu-directed ...

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Strange New Worlds has rightly been careful about how it reintroduces TOS characters, balancing the pure ‘nostalgia points’ that come from bringing back a familiar face, with fresh storytelling.

The redness was the first symptom, tinging Merrill Kelly’s right hand in August 2020. That’s weird, he thought, after noticing the color while writing something in his San Diego hotel room. He brushed ...

Git isn’t hard to learn. Moreover, with a Git GUI such as Atlassian’s Sourcetree, and a SaaS code repository such as Bitbucket, mastery of the industry’s most powerful version control tools is within ...

When this girl was giving a webcam beauty tutorial on how to curl hair, her demo didn't go too well. The curling iron got too hot and a huge chunk of her hair burned off. When she realized what ...

UCLA reached double-digit turnovers with around five minutes remaining in the second quarter. Junior center Lauren Betts has 11 points, but no other Bruin has more than two. UCLA still yet to make a ...