In “Hanging Out,” Sheila Liming tries to offer a manifesto for a disconnected age.

Chinese scammers running a slick online scam from a Chiang Mai villa posed as students while fleecing pensioners out of millions.

Plus, hanging out has an appealingly low barrier of entry, and it’s inexpensive: You don’t need reservations or tickets or special skills.

Competition among Chinese food-delivery services was ratcheted up over the weekend as platforms engaged in a renewed round of ...

Sheila Liming, the author of “Hanging Out,” argues that unstructured time is essential to our cultural vitality. Down with calendar invites; long live the bocce league.

Books The Case for Hanging Out There’s a growing crisis in our social lives. Could the cure be this simple?

Studies have shown men have trouble maintaining close friendships, and that has detrimental effects. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker about his book: We Need to Hang Out.

Sheila Liming explores the lost art of the hang while offering tips to fight loneliness in "Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time." ...

As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, some U.S. TikTok users are flocking to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S. The self-described “TikTok ...

In a new "vlog" released on Chinese social media, three astronauts can be seen living life on board the country's new "Heavenly Palace" space station.

Guest List: 5 People We’d Love to Hang Out With This June A monthly roundup of people we’d like to have over for drinks, food, and conversation.