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.

Traditional tales like “The Three Little Pigs” can be much more than storytime. Familiar stories with repetitive language are a powerful vehicle for helping children understand how stories work—and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — “Impractical Jokers” star Brian “Q” Quinn is taking a swing behind the scenes of one of the borough’s buzziest horror franchises. On Jan. 14, Quinn revealed on Chris Jericho’s ...

Hi, I’m Ujjwal, a software tester and quality advocate. Exploring how quality works beyond tools and into systems, decisions, and trade-offs.

Ice Nine Kills aren’t just entertaining in a metalcore sense—they’re continually building their repertoire of entertainment in the horror realm, and they’re about to add another effort under their ...

Companies are increasingly relying on generative AI to help draft their financial reports, aiming to save time and money, but also raising questions on trust and transparency in executives’ efforts to ...

I use it as a helpful writing partner that allows me to gather my thoughts, shape my story and grade the final outcome. AI is here to stay and as it integrates more into our daily lives, knowing how ...

Writing has always been the way I process ideas—I often say, “I think with a pencil.” Early in my career, I wrote about my practice simply for myself as a way to keep perspective, capture new ideas, ...

Getting input from users is one of the first skills every Python programmer learns. Whether you’re building a console app, validating numeric data, or collecting values in a GUI, Python’s input() ...