Why many young adults turn on TV or movie subtitles, according to a new poll

A new poll finds that younger adults are more likely to use subtitles while watching TV or movies than are older adults ...
Harvard Business Review

Don’t Overthink Your Use of Exclamation Points!

Do you ever hesitate before sending an email, weighing whether you should sign off your thanks with an exclamation point ...
Stereogum

Write About sombr Without Using The Word “Softboi” Challenge

Chained To The Rhythm: The Month In Pop September 11, 2025 9:41 AM By Katherine St. Asaph A new month is upon us, and in pop in 2025 that means one thing: New sensitive dude just dropped. His name, ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft to lessen reliance on OpenAI by buying AI from rival Anthropic

Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s AI in Office 365 apps, The Information reports, citing two sources. The move means that Anthropic’s tech will help power new features in Word, Excel, Outlook, and ...
Reuters

Microsoft to use some AI from Anthropic in shift from OpenAI, the Information reports

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab will pay to use Anthropic's technology for some AI features in Office 365 apps, the Information reported on Tuesday, in a sign that the software ...
The Root

New Doc About Chef Paula Deen Tries to Explain Her Use of the N-Word, But Black Folks Are Not Buying It?

With cookbooks, home goods and her own Food Network series, Paula Deen was a kitchen superstar in the early 2000s. The Southern chef who never met a stick of butter she didn’t like was on top of the ...
Grist

The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...
Athlon Sports

College Football World Using One Word to Describe Arch Manning on Saturday

View post: Lamine Yamal Robbed? Messi Speaks Out on Ousmane Dembele's Ballon d'Or Win After building up hype as the backup to Quinn Ewers for the past two seasons, Saturday marked the beginning of the ...
Ars Technica

The fight against labeling long-term streaming rentals as “purchases” you “buy”

Words have meaning. Proper word selection is integral to strong communication, whether it's about relaying one’s feelings to another or explaining the terms of a deal, agreement, or transaction.
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: How do you actually use a hyphen?

Hyphenaters used to be fearless. Bad to the bone. Unflinching in the face of multi-word adjectives that required two or even three hyphens. An editor would see the terms “anti” and “social” and “media ...
SFGate

US diplomat apologizes for using the word 'animalistic' in reference to Lebanese reporters

BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a news conference in Lebanon earlier this week. Tom ...