U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 - the highest mark in American history. It's the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates from all the ...

The latest JavaScript update dropped recently, with three big new features that are worth your time. Also this month: A fresh look at Lit, embracing the human side of AI-driven development, and more.

We’ll start with the most far-reaching addition, which the spec describes as “a new Iterator global with associated static and prototype methods for working with iterators.” The most exciting part of ...

Recent presidential elections have featured a lot of continuity. In a politically polarized America, the vast majority of voters stick with the same party from election to election. But in a closely ...

For stock investors, 2024 was an expectedly great year. Behind the continued bull market for stocks was solid economic growth, falling inflation, Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts, and healthy ...

Tesla's fourth-quarter and year-end vehicle production and deliveries report follows a huge late-year rally in the company's stock price. The first quarter of the year was challenging, and CEO Elon ...

Stocks slipped in the final trading session of 2024. Still, the S&P 500 gained over 20% for the second year in a row. Other markets also notched records in a blockbuster year. US stocks dipped in the ...

From wide releases such as 'Longlegs' and 'Nosferatu' 'to indie and streaming gems such as 'The Substance' and 'It's What's Inside,' Hollywood Reporter columnist Richard Newby looks back at the year ...

If the 2024 fashion trends were anything to go by, the year has been, in a word, chaotic. Thanks to Instagram algorithms and TikTok FYPs, it felt as if sweeping trends—and smaller microtrends—were ...

As 2024 comes to a close, the biggest movies of the year are now available to stream from home — quite literally. “Inside Out 2” is streaming on Disney+ after earning a massive $1.6 billion at the ...

Mr. Rattner was counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration. Donald Trump triumphs. The economy chugs along. A tech billionaire builds a shadow presidency. These are just some of ...