WKU Public Radio

Here's looking at you, kid: How the term for a young goat made the leap to children

Kid, meaning a young goat, is a word that was borrowed from the Vikings around the 9th century. Centuries later, it came to ...
VegOut Magazine

8 common words people constantly misuse in conversation that quietly make them sound uneducated—even when they're highly intelligent

Despite their impressive credentials and sharp minds, even the most accomplished professionals unknowingly sabotage their ...

Word of the day: Perendinate

As a Word of the Day, perendinate gives language to a shared experience that often goes unnamed. It reframes delay not as a ...
YouTube on MSN

Laugh & learn: Korean present tense with Josh & Ollie!

Join Josh and Ollie in this engaging Korean lesson where they unravel the basics of present tense verb conjugation. Watch as Ollie navigates through the rules with Josh’s guidance, learning when to ...
UPI

From ramyeon to haenyeo, eight Korean words enter Oxford English Dictionary

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (UPI) --The Oxford English Dictionary has added eight words drawn from South Korean culture in its latest quarterly update, reflecting the continued influence of Korean food, customs and ...
Wall Street Journal

Nvidia Is Getting Creative as Options to Use Its Cash Flood Narrow

The tricky thing about being Nvidia NVDA-0.65%decrease; red down pointing triangle these days is that the AI-chip giant has to find ways to spend billions of dollars while seemingly getting little to ...
Bloomberg L.P.

OpenAI in Talks to Raise $10 Billion From Amazon, Use Its Chips

OpenAI is in initial discussions to raise at least $10 billion from Amazon.com Inc. and use its chips, a potential win for the online retailer’s effort to broaden its AI industry presence and compete ...
The New York Times

Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit

Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness. By Jan Hoffman To treat their pain, ...
Reuters

How might Russia react to any EU decision to use its frozen assets for Ukraine?

MOSCOW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The European Commission has proposed an unprecedented use of about 210 billion euros of frozen Russian sovereign assets to finance Ukraine. Russia, which does not hold ...
New York Post

Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year introduces a new way to troll social media users

Doomscrolling has a new hazard. Oxford University Press announced “rage bait” is its 2025 word of the year. The prestigious publisher defines “rage bait” as “online content deliberately designed to ...
AppleInsider

Google wants to use your emails to train its AI — here's how to turn that off

While Google disagrees, the company may have decided again that your data is its toy. Here's how to try to stop Gmail from training its AI on your email. There's no shortage of big tech companies that ...
Variety

‘English Teacher’ Canceled by FX After Two Seasons

FX has canceled “English Teacher” after two seasons, Variety has confirmed. The comedy series was created by Brian Jordan Alvarez, who starred as Evan Marquez, a high school English teacher in Austin ...