Goated: Large language models and chatbots can understand natural language and generate human-like responses, but there is no actual humanity behind them. According to a Microsoft researcher working ...

From ancient dice and royal game boards to modern digital platforms, the Middle East's long relationship with games of chance ...

Explore the lives of 25 Extremely Notorious Gangsters who shaped organized crime. From Al Capone to Pablo Escobar, discover ...

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From humanity’s earliest migrations to today’s algorithmic age, history has been driven by an unending struggle for land, ...

Local History columnist Ross Eric Gibson writes about the journey of Sir Francis Drake.

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Historical epics aren't as popular as they once were but we're spotlighting five that still hold up after all these years.

Discover the four British royal tiaras rumoured to bear a "curse" - the Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara, The Koh-i-Noor Diamond, ...

A UVA graduate student is documenting the overlooked “Bronze Age” of arcade gaming before its stories disappear.