When your father is Bill Gates, one of the most famous and richest people in the world, it’s easy to assume that your life would be anything but trite. After all, you would be getting all the perks.

December 23, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the Metric Conversion Act, designed to bring US weights and measures in line with the rest of the world. The United States is one of the last holdouts ...

Many merchants treat payments as a backstage process that keeps commerce running. It sits behind the checkout, seldom questioned unless something breaks. Yet payments influence the moment a user ...

MTA officials said the new gates use dozens of sensors to help counteract fare evasion and make stations more accessible. Psychologists react to that post from Trump about Rob Reiner's death ...

Nothing kills the buzz of a big win faster than a “Verification Required” email. You shouldn’t have to send a selfie just to ...

The Seattle Seahawks won an overtime thriller in Week 16 against the Los Angeles Rams. Not only are the Seahawks now in the driver's seat for the NFC West, but they have a clear path to the 1 seed and ...

Your editorial “By All Means Raise Mitt Romney’s Taxes” (Dec. 22) correctly stresses that the rich pay a disproportionate share of taxes. Mr. Romney still argues that people like him should pony up ...

It's not surprising many tech CEOs would have screen time limits for their kids. But many tech execs have also shared other tidbits over the years about their approach to parenting. Here's a look at ...

“And God Created Woman” made her a world-famous sex symbol in the 1950s. She later gave up acting to devote her life to animal welfare. Brigitte Bardot in 1965, when she was at the height of her movie ...

The high-profile rugby sevens champions are preparing for a one-off “gap year” in rugby league before returning on a two-year contract extension with Rugby Australia through until 2028. The deal is ...