is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Merriam-Webster has had, in its own words, a bit of a growth spurt, adding a clutch of new words to its ...

Merriam-Webster recently announced the addition of more than 1,700 entries to its dictionary, including words such as "meme" and "photobomb." Many of the new additions reflect trends in technology and ...

An image, video, story or joke that is voluntarily passed from one Internet user to another via email, blogs and social networking sites. Considered a form of art, Internet memes are created to ...