With the war in Iran a topic on everyone’s lips, you might have noticed an inconsistency in the way that nation’s name is said, varying between a more native-like “Ih-ron” pronunciation and a more ...

Google Translate has always been great at telling you what something means. But saying it out loud has always been on you. But now, Google is working on a new feature that could fix your fumbling ways ...

Last Thursday, matplotlib developer Scott Shambaugh found himself in a peculiar situation. The day before, he had closed a pull request (PR) in the matplotlib project on the GitHub code repository. A ...

With athletes from all around the world competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics, pronouncing their names can get a little tricky at times. Luckily, the official Olympics website has a handy way to help ...

Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first ...

Comedian Jon Stewart and his audience were among those mocking President Trump’s pronunciation of acetaminophen on Monday. The president struggled to pronounce the medicine during a press conference ...

It took the commander-in-chief several attempts to get the name of the medication he’d just linked to autism right. Night News Reporter President Donald Trump apparently did not prepare for his major ...

Arizona has its fair share of place names that outsiders, and sometimes even locals, struggle to pronounce. If you’ve ever pronounced Prescott as “Press-scott” instead of “Press-kitt” or called the ...

If you're new to Georgia, or even a lifelong resident, you've probably stumbled over a few town names that look simple on paper but sound completely different when spoken aloud. From silent syllables ...

Decades into his Academy Award-winning career, Denzel Washington is setting the record straight on how to pronounce his name. During a Sept. 2 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "The Equalizer" actor ...

What Exactly Is a Gyro? Gyros consist of a pita wrap containing meat (usually pork and beef in Greece, while lamb is more common in the U.S.) sliced off a vertical rotisserie. Typical toppings include ...

How Did Uranus Get Its Name? Though English astronomer John Flamsteed was the first person to record observations of Uranus in the 1690s, he thought it was a star. Sir William Herschel gets the credit ...