It’s common to be told that filler words are bad, whether you’re in an in-person interview or chatting online, but avoiding them outright can worsen communication.

Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1648) was… GLINT. As is so often the case these days, knowledge of past Wordle answers might ...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing that education technology provider Illuminate Education to delete unnecessary student data and improve its security to settle allegations related to an ...

The internet makes connecting with old friends and acquaintances easier than ever, but it also exposes personal information to advertisers, scammers and potential criminals. Hundreds of websites have ...

Take a deep breath and think of your happy place: "rage bait" is the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year. After three days of online voting by more than 30,000 participants, Oxford University Press announced ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Samsung phones are well known for One UI, one of the most functional and intuitive Android interfaces. While it's highly customizable, these ...

I’ve had to do a few foreign language interviews in my time as a journalist, in which I’ve sent off questions via email in English and received answers back in a language that I don’t speak. There are ...

The Oxford University Press promises it's not rage baiting with its two-word Word of the Year. The publishing house announced on Dec. 1 that its experts have named "rage bait" the 2025 Word of the ...

And if you’re angry about it, that just proves the point. By Jennifer Schuessler Over the past few months, Jennifer Lawrence, World Series fans and right-wing influencers have all confessed to it. And ...

President Donald Trump posted a series of anti-immigration messages on Thanksgiving, one of which included a slur. In a Truth Social post, Trump used the "r-word" to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.