The best new features and fixes in Python 3.14 Released in October 2025, the latest edition of Python makes free-threaded ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...

Books can be a refuge from (waves arms) all this, even when they take you deeper into the darkness of 2025. There is a grace in the relationship between book and reader, with nothing but your eyes and ...

If the latest code dumps are correct, Apple will kick off its 50-year milestone with a full-court press on the smart home.

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...

Underneath the screens, the Afeela 1 is no gimmick. A 91 kWh battery powers dual electric motors in an all-wheel-drive setup, ...

In a useful entry in the growing canon of “quit lit,” Charles Knowles blends science and memoir to persuade readers to cut down on alcohol. By Alexandra Jacobs A new graphic novel both celebrates and ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today Science From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of ...

In “American Reich,” the former New York Times journalist Eric Lichtblau dissects the culture of hate that led to the death of a gay man in Southern California. By Elon Green A new graphic novel both ...

Buckeye is an historical novel set, as its title indicates, in Ohio. Stretching from pre-World War II to the close of the 20th century, the story focuses on two married couples whose lives intersect.

In a hard year—and when, recently, have we had one we’d consider easy?—books can be a lifeline and a balm, a place to retreat and regain our grounding. Among the many entertaining, delightful, ...

A Song of Ice and Fire has been solidified as a defining work of fiction over the past 27 years. George R.R. Martin’s fantasy book saga ascended into the zeitgeist through an ongoing series of ...