The Seattle-based battle between Amazon and Microsoft for dominance of the cloud services industry has been competitive for a long time. After all, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy helped create the cloud ...

Astrology uses constellations to predict events, but this is not scientifically proven. The zodiac signs are based on ancient observations and don't perfectly align with modern astronomy. Astrological ...

Individuals identifying as Proud Boys members join supporters of President Donald Trump during a pro-Trump march. Two supporters, center, wear red-lettered hats that read “RWDS,” short for “Right Wing ...

The music world has seen countless reinventions, rehabilitations, transformations and image overhauls, but there’s never been anything quite like Prince changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol ...

The swastika is now an infamous sign of hatred, extremism, and genocide. But it has a long history and has been used by cultures worldwide to signify good fortune and luck. Carlsberg and Finnish Air ...

The upper-left and sometimes upper-right corner of your iPhone or iPad display does a lot of work packing in meanings using symbolic shorthand. Apple has used since the iPhone’s introduction a few ...

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Leaving a Mark. Check out Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. With few exceptions, ancient humans painted the same 32 symbols in caves all over Europe. Paleoanthropologist ...

People who identify as non-binary reject the concept of gender as, well, binary. For non-binary people, the world isn’t divided into just male or female. Instead, they view gender as a spectrum in ...

The average keyboard only has so many characters labeled on it for use. Beyond that, there are plenty of other symbols and punctuation that are worth using, yet have no home on a Chromebook’s QWERTY ...

You may be familiar with the transgender flag, a five-striped flag consisting of the colors pink, blue, and white that is used by the trans community as a symbol of pride. But there is another ...

The symbols and images we see in our everyday lives can sometimes have very powerful meanings behind them. Take, for example, symbols of resilience and strength. For thousands of years, symbols of ...