Remember party lines? Switchboards? Yellow Pages? The traditional telephone is almost gone, but its cultural impact deserves a ringing endorsement You can save this article by registering for free ...

Java 26, due in March with structured concurrency, lazy constants, AOT object caching, and primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch, has entered a second rampdown phase for bug fixes. Java ...

A silent traveler has recently made its presence known in the dark velvet of our solar system. This has sparked a debate that goes back to the very beginning of time. 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar ...

A five-year-old girl has enjoyed an incredibly lavish birthday party after her parents forked out a whopping £19,000 for a Princess-themed bash. Vanessa and Kingsley Inyiri George, from Milton Keynes, ...

Miso, a 6-year-old male border collie from Canada, that knows the names of about 200 toys. Please cite the owner of the material when publishing. This material may be freely used by reporters as part ...

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It's funny how certain objects from the past seem to have a charm that just won't fade. You know what I mean-those quirky items that remind us of simpler times or our grandparents' homes. If you've ...

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third known object confirmed to have entered the solar system from interstellar space, is throwing new surprises about its journey. The comet 3I/ATLAS has sparked ...