As well as coming from nowhere to win the mayoral election in New York, Zohran Mamdani, a self-described “democratic socialist”, succeeded in setting America’s national political agenda this year.

We saw it on our phones. We ate it in our bowls. This year, “slop” was everywhere. It was so ubiquitous that it’s been named Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Merriam-Webster, the oldest dictionary ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief In a world of digital noise and clutter ...

On the evening before Thanksgiving, the president of the United States took to his social media platform to claim in a lengthy screed that immigration was destroying the country. In one spurious ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says it is “shameful” that motorists are shouting the “R-word” driving by his home — and that he is “deeply concerned” the hate allegedly started by President Trump could “turn ...

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that the rising cost of living in the United States is a “fake narrative” that is being pushed by Democrats. Watch in the player above. “I inherited the worst ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered how to reverse aging in blood-forming stem cells in mice by correcting defects in the stem cell's lysosomes. The breakthrough ...

Dictionary.com has announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and if you're not up to speed on this year's slang, you may be puzzled by the outcome. The online dictionary announced on Oct. 29 that its Word ...

Federal agents clash with anti-I.C.E. protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Oct. 12, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Editorial Fellow OpenAI sparks debate over AI-human ...

A new Agent Mode comes to Office apps today, alongside an Office Agent in Copilot chat. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

We move in a very fast-paced world, where moments are fleeting and the latest trends change at the drop of a hat. The word “ephemeral” captures this essence — that things are only meant to last ...

A lot of people use apps like Microsoft Word to create documents with interactive checkboxes. For instance, you'd need to insert checkboxes if you're putting together a to-do list (and don't want to ...