End of an heir-a: The U.K. abolishes aristocrats' right to inherit Parliament seats Aristocrat Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon, pictured outside his family seat of Powderham Castle in Devon, Britain. The Earl is one of the 92 remaining sitting hereditary peers in the UK...

150 Years After the First Phone Call, We're Still Looking for 1-on-1 ConnectionsMy interview with William Caughlin, the head of AT&T Archives and History Center, started with an ironic twist. Our Microsoft Teams video call failed, so we ended up talking over the "regular" phone. Perhaps "regular" isn't entirely accurate, given the infrastructure. But it was fitting for the topic of our...

Meta Launches AI Tools to Identify and Flag Messages From Scammers The company aims to combat growing fraud schemes, including impersonation accounts that lure users with fake celebrity endorsements. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for over a dozen years, explaining the...

Twenty-two migrants die off Greek coast after six days at seaReutersFile photo of a European border agency vessel during a rescue operation near Greece in 2026Twenty-two migrants have died off the Greek coast after spending six days in a dinghy bound for Europe, the Greek coastguard has said.Twenty-six survivors, including a woman and a child, were rescued by a European border agency vessel on...

You can try to frame a budget in a nice way, but you can’t escape the mathArticle contentSuspension bracket indexation — for 2027 through 2030 — is particularly concerning since it is an indirect tax increase. Indexation exists to prevent fiscal drag, whereby inflation pushes taxpayers into higher brackets even though their real purchasing power has not increased. Nominal income growth...