We spend a lot of time thinking about the difficult people in our lives—the friend who can't take feedback, the partner who always has to be right, the coworker who turns everything into a fight. But ...

Jack Dorsey teased a potential revival of the Bitcoin faucet tied to “Bitcoin Day,” echoing Gavin Andresen’s 2010 giveaway model. Tech entrepreneur and longtime Bitcoin advocate Jack Dorsey sparked ...

Kitchen faucets have more often been regarded for their utility than their style. And in recent years, that functionality has evolved to include tech that allows cooks to activate them via a sensor, a ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...

The aerator attaches to the opening on the faucet. It adds air to the water, creating a steady stream of water while helping to reduce water consumption, making your water use more efficient. This ...

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...

The rechargeable Recon 360 Faucet addresses every minor complaint I had with its predecessor. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a ...

In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem that had stymied mathematicians for a century. In this case, the solvers weren't human. An artificial ...

But earlier this spring when we called a plumber after discovering a leak in a guest bathroom faucet, as a last-minute thing, we asked him to check out the butler’s pantry, too. (If we’re paying for ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

Sven, a sales leader, received a call from a major customer who was furious. Their order arrived late, the product was damaged, and to top it off, their invoice didn’t reflect the volume discount ...