What it communicates, above all, is the hopeless unhipness of its sender. I use it anyway, mostly out of habit but also ...

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. It’s not just a combination of random ...

Scott Panetti, 67, at the Center of a Landmark Death Penalty Case, Dies. Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for ...

It’s not pronounced /wuh/, like the whispering sound the letter brings to words like whale and wonder. W’s name isn’t tied to its sound at all—it’s a historical nod to its origins. So how did this ...

Andrew is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica with a focus on consumer tech, including in-depth reviews and updates about operating systems like… ...