As the leading online retailer in the US and the UK, Amazon sells just about everything. (Like the logo says, from A to Z.) Whether you are shopping online for a cheap portable charger, eco-friendly ...

Italian director Maura Delpero's "Maternal" follow-up is an intimate epic of miraculous rigor and restraint, set in a remote WWII-era mountain community. Over the course of the changing seasons, the ...

Businesses that buy, sell or promote phony online reviews now run the risk of incurring hefty financial penalties, the Federal Trade Commission said in announcing a ban on such practices. The final ...

The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to ban marketers from using fake reviews, such as those generated with AI technology, and other misleading advertising practices. The ban also forbids ...

You want to buy a coffee machine. Which one would you choose: a five-star-rated model with a single review or the one with only 3.9 stars but over 400 reviews? There's a reason why we tend to prefer ...

Consulting reviews or ratings while shopping online has become second nature for many consumers. Whether you’re browsing for an investment purchase like a new couch or looking for everyday items like ...

Three decades ago, Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong was sarcastically singing “Welcome to Paradise.” Now at age 51, he’s staidly singing “Welcome to my problems” on “Dilemma,” a plaintive, swinging ...

Tech Review has graced coffee tables of MIT alumni for 125 years. Here’s how it all began—and how the fledgling magazine helped rally alumni to oppose a merger with Harvard. The name MIT Technology ...

Yelp has started publicly naming and shaming businesses that pay for reviews. The review site’s new index documents businesses offering everything from a crisp $100 bill for leaving the best review to ...

I’ve been raving about Mason’s work since his gorgeous debut, “The Piano Tuner,” was published over 20 years ago while he was in medical school. He’s since won fellowships from the Guggenheim ...