Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.

Andrew Polk, 26, teaches 10th-grade English in suburban Ohio, not far from where he grew up. As a high school student less ...
GameSpot

Battlefield 6 Testing Better Footstep Audio, Hit Registration In Short-Notice BF Labs Session

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Battlefield 6's testing program, Battlefield Labs, is back, this time for a short-notice test that will focus on improvements like better footstep ...
insider.si.edu

Smithsonian’s Online Native Cinema Showcase Offers a Slate of Free Short Films by Indigenous Filmmakers

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents the online Native Cinema Showcase, celebrating short films by Indigenous filmmakers of the Western Hemisphere. The museum’s annual ...
TV Technology

Popularity of Online Short-Form Content Moving Beyond Social Media

NEW YORK—Short-form vertical video has exploded across platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, but a new survey commissioned by Media.net, a provider of contextual advertising technology, ...
The Verge

Spotify’s new audiobook recap feature uses AI to remind you of the story so far

The Recap button will show up automatically on some English-language audiobooks in the iOS app. The Recap button will show up automatically on some English-language audiobooks in the iOS app. is a ...
Android

Google Drive Will Use AI To Turn Lengthy PDFs Into Short Audio Summaries

Google Drive gets a new AI audio summaries feature, where Gemini can turn your lengthy documents into short audio summaries. Google says the summaries can range from two to ten minutes, depending on ...
WBUR

Newly discovered Raymond Chandler short story published more than 60 years after his death

Decades after the great noir writer Raymond Chandler's death, a new, previously undiscovered short story has just been published in The Strand literary magazine. Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks to The ...
PopSugar

Meet the Voice Behind Your Favorite Erotic Audio Stories

You'd recognize her voice even though you'd probably never know her face. She's the one whispering in your ear through your AirPods, telling you exactly what she wants to do to you. Yes, she may make ...
Smithsonian Magazine

You Can Now Read Eight Previously Unseen Short Stories by Harper Lee, the Famed Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

Harper Lee's best-known work, To Kill A Mockingbird, has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Donald Uhrbrock via Getty Images In 1949, Harper Lee quit law school in Alabama and moved to New ...
NPR

You know Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca' — but she also wrote these terrifying tales

"Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again." That's the immortal opening sentence of Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier's 1938 masterpiece. How often have I been lured in to both the novel and the 1940 ...
Wired

We Asked Audio Pros to Blind Test Headphones. The Results Were Surprising

What makes a really great pair of headphones? The basic answer used to be sound quality, but modern headphones offer so much more than just audio chops. Think premium designs in on-trend colorways, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Star Chris Briney at Center of Another Love Triangle — But This Time for Audio Erotica Series

The three-episode audio erotica series ‘Hidden Harbor’ for Quinn releases Friday. By Lexy Perez Associate Editor In the series, Briney plays River, a surf instructor and bartender who returns to his ...