A new library is opening up in New York City this Friday, but rather than books, the space will house 3,437 volumes and roughly 3.5 million pages of the Epstein Files. The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey ...

In April 2026, online users shared a rumor claiming a man broke into a Barnes & Noble bookstore to finish reading a book. For example, on April 19, a Threads user posted (archived) a meme featuring ...

Reading is experiencing a resurgence among Gen Z and millennials, many of whom are actively seeking alternatives to “doomscrolling” and the mental fatigue associated with constant social media use. In ...

Speech-to-text capability is now baked into all modern computers. But what if you didn’t have to dictate to your computer? What if you could type just by thinking? Silicon Valley startup Sabi is ...

Python 3.15 introduces an immutable or ‘frozen’ dictionary that is useful in places ordinary dicts can’t be used. Only very rarely does Python add a new standard data type. Python 3.15, when it’s ...

Reading is great, but sometimes you want or need to listen. Let your computer or phone read aloud to you with the top text-to-speech software for accessibility, enjoyment, and productivity.

OpenAI plans to acquire Astral, a startup that makes Python tools for developers, marking the ChatGPT maker’s latest investment in the fast-growing market for coding and developer services. The deal, ...

A venerable IRS program called Free File allows 70% of taxpayers to file their taxes for free, just as the name implies. Only 2% of taxpayers used the service in 2024. That is the finding of a ...

CSV files serve as a lightweight, plain-text standard for tabular data storage that has become indispensable in cryptocurrency due to their simplicity, universal compatibility, and ability to organize ...

A few stanzas from the end of Chaucer’s long poem “Troilus and Criseyde,” the author interrupts his story to indulge in a bit of reception anxiety. “Go, litel book,” he bids the manuscript that’s soon ...

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...

In a world full of distractions, it can be challenging to find the time to escape into literature, but it is never too late to get back to reading. The top of the new year is the perfect time to ...