A few people passed along a recent Pearls Before Swine cartoon that I suspect was a direct response to a member of the Grammar Police. In the comic, which runs daily in The Morning Call, Rat on Aug.

Now that I have your attention, I’ll note that since making the transition from retired full-time columnist to twice-a-month freelancer, I’ve resumed some of the recurring features with which I had ...

If you were suspected of a crime, would you trust a chatbot to accurately explain what happened? Some police departments think the tech is ready. And officers who have started using chatbots to ...