Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold ...

Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most ...

The idea of perforating the caps of pens appears to have started in the United Kingdom, where a new safety standard was adopted in 1990 (BS 7272). Between 1970 and 1984, nine children in the ...

The hole in the caps of ballpoint pens is there to prevent choking accidents. Rating: For years, social media posts have argued that the reason there is a hole at the top of pen caps is to save ...

Pop open a fresh box of Bic Cristals and you’ll come face to face with a bunch of holes. As an everyday function, that hole in the pen cap equalizes pressure so that uncapping and capping the pen ...

This story has been updated. Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner told NPR he will donate the $25,000 purse that comes with the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award, for which he is ...

First, pair your Surface Pen with your Surface Pro. You can do this manually too. Now, to open Cortana, hold down the top button pen for a second or so, then enter your question. Assuming you’re ...

Samsung's S Pen has become synonymous with advanced stylus functionality for its flagship smartphones and tablets. From its humble beginnings with the Galaxy Note series to becoming a part of the ...

Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers' group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event ...

Prominent literary organization PEN America has canceled its annual awards ceremony, which was due to be held next week, after 28 authors chose to withdraw their books from consideration.