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I’m tired of pretending Microsoft Word doesn’t suck

In fact, Word's continued existence isn't a testament to its quality—it's a testament to corporate inertia and the sheer ...

Why Microsoft discontinued WordPad after 30 years

After a 30-year run, Microsoft has discontinued WordPad, leaving fans of this simple word processor upset. Fortunately, there are solid alternatives.
IEEE

Invited Paper: APS: Open-Source Hardware-Software Co-Design Framework for Agile Processor Specialization

APS is an open-source framework for agile hardware-software co-design of domain-specific processors. It provides both hardware synthesis and compiler infrastructure to facilitate the development of ...
IEEE

Generating Efficient Instruction Sequence for Software-Based Self-Testing of Processor Cores Using Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: As the prevalence of faulty chips increases post-deployment, effective in-field testing is imperative. This paper introduces a novel approach for generating software-based self-test (SBST) ...
The New York Times

U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List

The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days. By Hamed Aleaziz and ...