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A quick-made chicken noodle soup, in New York, Dec. 19, 2019. Many shortcut versions rely on rotisserie chicken, which doesn’t absorb flavors in the same way as the ground chicken Alexa Weibel uses here. . Food styled by Monica Pierini. (Linda Xiao, The New York Times)

Easiest chicken noodle soup recipe

January 31, 2023 at 9:43 a.m.

This recipe may have cracked the code to fast chicken noodle soups. Other shortcut versions rely on rotisserie chicken, which doesn鈥檛 absorb flavors in the same way as the ground...

An undated photo by Anthony Tabarez, who shares photos on Instagram made with a digital point-and-shoot camera made in 2007. The old digital cameras of Generation Z's childhoods are in vogue again, as young people revel in the novelty of an old look, tout the cameras on TikTok and share the often blurry, overlit photos they produce on Instagram. (Anthony Tabarez via The New York Times)

The hottest Gen Z gadget is a 20-year-old digital camera

January 28, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

The Hottest Gen Z Gadget Is a 20-Year-Old Digital Camera

The Turing test used to be the gold standard for proving machine intelligence. This generation of bots is racing past it. We need to stay calm 鈥� and develop a new test. (Ricardo Rey/The New York Times)

How smart are the robots getting?

January 28, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Built by a team of artificial intelligence researchers from the tech giant Meta, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other prominent universities, Franz Broseph is among the new wave of...

Sjoera Nas, a Dutch privacy consultant who helped to lead negotiations with Microsoft, Zoom and Google, in The Hague, the Netherlands, Dec. 21, 2022. Dutch privacy negotiators have spurred major changes at Google, Microsoft and Zoom, using a landmark European data protection law as a lever. (Melissa Schriek/The New York Times)

How the Netherlands is taming Big Tech

January 28, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

In 2021, privacy consultants working for two Dutch universities issued a critical report card on Google鈥檚 education apps, a set of classroom tools like Google Docs that are used by...

A version of kouign-amann (Breton for "butter cake"), a yeast-risen pastry with soft layers, deep buttery flavor and a chewy, caramelized top, in a large round skillet, in New York, Jan. 19, 2023. Making a kouign-amann at home rewards a determined baker seeking refuge from her grief. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi. Prop Stylist: Paige Hicks. (Kelly Marshall, The New York Times)

The many lessons of kouign-amann

January 27, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

The kouign-amann (Breton for 鈥渂utter cake鈥�) has always been among my favorite pastries for how it manages to convey comfort with a few simple ingredients, but I鈥檒l never forget my...

A roasted squash salad, aided by a quick soak of the radicchio in ice water, with avocado green goddess dressing, in New York, Jan. 11, 2023. This month is the sweet spot for seasonal vegetables as time in the ground increases their sugar. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. (David Malosh, The New York Times)

4 winter salad recipes that are anything but sad

January 26, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

Winter鈥檚 adversity can be a gift, both for vegetables and for cooks.

Workers from eastern Europe harvest cabbage for Naylor Farms, near Boston, England, Jan. 5, 2023. In the years since Britain voted to quit the European Union, many eastern Europeans have left the country, adding to a shortfall of about 330,000 workers. (Andrew Testa, The New York Times)

For British farmers, the effects of Brexit have become clearer

January 23, 2023 at 3:34 p.m.

Two years after Britain left the European Union鈥檚 economic area, ending the ability of the bloc鈥檚 citizens to automatically work in Britain, the effects of Brexit are unfolding across the...

Ali Slagel鈥檚 pan-seared fish with citrus pesto, on Dec. 22, 2022. It抖阴ap made without cheese, which also means it抖阴ap vegan, and you could pair it with pasta, rather than fish, if you prefer. Stylist: Eugene Jho (Bobbi Lin, The New York Times)

Pesto with a citrusy twist and more weeknight recipes to try

January 23, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

While some dishes showcase peak-season fruit 鈥� I鈥檓 thinking of citrus salad 鈥� most can be made with any fruit you find at the store.

In an undated image provided by Apple, the Camera settings of the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max include an option to capture RAW images at a resolution of 48 megapixels, which makes for incredibly detailed and large files with plenty of cropping room. Professional photographers have long used the RAW format and editing software to turn image files into gorgeous pictures — and you can, too. (Apple via The New York Times)

How to make your smartphone photos so much better

January 21, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

How to Make Your Smartphone Photos So Much Better

Lizzie Shackney, a law and design student at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia on Jan. 14, 2023. Shackney says she sees both the value and limitations in artificial intelligence tools. (Steve Legato/The New York Times)

Alarmed by AI chatbots, universities start revamping how they teach

January 21, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

The misuse of AI tools will most likely not end, so some professors and universities said they planned to use detectors to root out that activity. The plagiarism detection service...

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