Microsoft's tiny new Surface Laptop and Pro shrink in other ways, too

Microsoft isn't talking tariffs, but you can feel the effects anyway.

DHS highlights efforts to improve maternal care and access across Pennsylvania at Black Maternal Caucus' Black Maternal Health Week Summit

Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh and Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) Secretary Dr. Latika Davis-Jones joined the first statewide PA Black Maternal Health Summit as part of Black Maternal Health Week.

Windows Recall is too risky for your Copilot+ PC. Turn it off, now

The world is just not safe enough for Windows Recall.

The American oligarchy is petrified by Trump's economic chaos but careful not to criticize him directly

As tens of millions of Americans hustle to pay their taxes, Trump has put the entire global economy into chaos. 401(k)s are tanking, savings are shrinking, treasury bonds are losing value, and supply chains are convulsing.

Xbox massively hikes prices on consoles, games, and controllers

Everything Xbox just got more expensive, including $80 games coming later this year. The Xboxalypse is upon us.

Google's 'AI Mode' search is ready to replace a list of links

Is this it for the traditional Google Search?

A Windows security developer says this is the biggest threat to your PC

This simple fix closes one of Windows' biggest security gaps.

It's not over until God says it's over

Life has a way of making us feel like time is slipping through our fingers. We look at the years behind us and wonder if there’s anything left ahead worth fighting for.

NordVPN: More than just a VPN, it's a privacy powerhouse

Packed with powerful features and blazing-fast speeds

Tech manufacturers are suspending U.S. shipments amid tariff woes

Smaller companies are shutting down shipments to the U.S. while larger manufacturers are scrambling to deal with the chaotic tariff situation.

The vultures are circling for Chrome

It's the perfect phrase for the moment, right?

Black stories are in the spotlight at the Pitchblack Forum & Awards

Black Public Media (BPM) is on target to hit $2 million in funding this year for film and immersive projects through its PitchBLACK Forum — the largest pitch competition of its kind in the United States for independent filmmakers and creative technologists who create Black content.

Marvin Sapp releases new single “Close the Door” on Good Friday

Single Turns the Preacher/Singer’s Recent Social Media Controversy Into a Melodic Message of Restoration

National Apprenticeship Day, celebrate winners of 2024 PA Registered Apprenticeship & Registered Pre-Apprenticeship Awards

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) celebrated National Apprenticeship Day with a ceremony recognizing the winners of the 2024 PA Registered Apprenticeship and Registered Pre-Apprenticeship Awards.

Black female WWII unit, 'Six Triple Eight,' receives congressional medal

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, known as the \"Six Triple Eight,\" was honored Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal, following a long-running campaign to recognize their efforts.

A Legacy of Young Changemakers

This month marked a Civil Rights Movement Anniversary: The founding of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in April 1960.

Thank a Cop

Lord, We Pray For Those Who Live To Serve And Protect Us And Make Our Communities Safe. Amen.

CONTINUING EDUCATION DEPT.TUSKS UP

In early May, the N.H.L.’s newest team, a year-old Salt Lake City-based franchise provisionally known as the Utah Hockey Club, unveiled its official name and mascot, after considering such options as Black Diamonds, Blast, Blizzard, Canyons, Caribou, Freeze, Frost, Fury, Glaciers, Hive, Ice, Mountaineers, Outlaws, Powder, Squall, Swarm, Venom, and Yeti. Behold: the Utah Mammoth.

Elif Batuman on Vladimir Nabokov's "The Perfect Past"

Eleven chapters of Vladimir Nabokov’s autobiography, “Speak, Memory,” initially appeared, out of order, in The New Yorker.

AN UPDATE ON OUR FAMILY

First, a sincere thanks to the friends, neighbors, and homeowners' association representatives who have reached out during the past four months. We've heard from so many of you—a couple of times via a note tied to a rock thrown through our window—as we've navigated this journey.

SOUND CHECK DEPT.SUPERGROUP

Stephen Malkmus likes tennis. He recently moved to Chicago, with his wife, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, and tries to play at least once a week.

GOINGS ON

What we're watching, listening to, and doing this week.

AUTOCRACY NOW!

Curtis Yarvin' calls for an American king once seemed like a joke. Today, the right is ready to bend the knee.

THE LOST TYCOON

“The Phoenician Scheme.”

THE PICTURES: NERDCAST

Griffin Newman, a host of the podcast “Blank Check,” stood in the Museum of the Moving Image, in Astoria. Above his head hung a black motorbike, made for Tom Cruise's climactic cliff-jumping scene in the 2023 movie “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning.”

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

The chaos of Donald Trump’s Presidency often obscures its rank consistency.

ANNALS OF AVIATION - TURBULENCE

Amelia Earhart’ husband pushed her to keep tempting fate for the sake of fame.

THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT

To stop violent crime, we need to grasp what really drives it.

BROTHERS OF THE CLOTH

The Met's take on Black male style.

AWAKENINGS

Whatever happened to Margaret Fuller?