If you’ve been on social media in recent months, it’s likely you’ve heard a lot about contrast. In beauty, the contrast between your skin tone, eyes, hair, and eyebrows can help determine which makeup ...

Today we celebrate 60 years of Anthony Terrell Smith, better known to the world as Tone Lōc, one of the most distinctive voices to ever come out of the West Coast. Born in Los Angeles in 1966, Tone ...

Anthony Terrell Smith, better known to the world as Tone Loc, was hospitalized on February 14, 2026 after suffering a medical incident while traveling from California to Alabama. The iconic voice ...

Tone Loc was hospitalized in Atlanta with a medical emergency while traveling to serve as grand marshal for Alabama’s KOK Mardi Gras Parade. Tone Loc won’t be leading Alabama’s biggest Mardi Gras ...

The hair color trend that’s been doing numbers on TikTok isn’t even a color at all. Or at least, it changes for everybody. Scroll long enough, and you’ll see creators trading before-and-afters — black ...

Decoder is now a video podcast. We’re very excited to announce that Decoder is now officially on YouTube. So if you prefer to watch and not just listen to your podcasts, you can head over to ...

This one's for guitarists who enjoy messing with tones, but spend way too much time trying to lock in the perfect sound. Groundhog Audio claims its tech can match the tone from any song and drop it ...

The Google Pixel 10 has “Adaptive Tone,” a feature that dynamically adjusts the display’s white balance to match ambient lighting. This technology is Google’s version of Apple’s True Tone and was ...

Most experimental brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that have been used for synthesizing human speech have been implanted in the areas of the brain that translate the intention to speak into the muscle ...

In an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, reported by The Decoder, the Microsoft co-founder said there were "many good people" at OpenAI who believed GPT-5 would leap ahead, "but [I] believe ...

Why aliens might take an interest in livestock, how pharmaceuticals get such wacky names, and more listener questions. For questions about subscriptions or your Slate ...

Is the era of Twitch streamer-founded beauty brands upon us? If the breakout success of Tone, a unisex personal care brand launched in February by Atlanta-based content group AMP, or Any Means ...