University of Iowa professor awarded for work on foundational statistics tool

A University of Iowa professor is celebrating his retirement with an international statistics innovation award, and he has no ...

Why Do the Minions Sound Like That? How Six Semitones, Random Menu Items and Rosamund Pike Helped Create the Minionese Language

Despite having voiced almost every single Minion since the yellow creatures’ grand cinematic entrance in 2010’s “Despicable ...

Microsoft and Amazon devote billions of dollars to thousands of FDEs

The tech giants will embed their engineers directly into customer teams, challenging decades of dominance by systems ...

What it Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math

In the mid-noughties, when music by the Killers and Franz Ferdinand blared out of every pub and nightclub I passed, I spent my days and nights struggling through a Ph. D.
Edutopia

Teaching Computational Thinking Without a Computer

Working with circuits and LED lights guides students to test ideas, troubleshoot problems, revise plans, notice patterns, and ...
ZDNet

OpenAI's Codex Desktop can run your computer now - and has its own browser

Codex Desktop expands from coding into full productivity workflows. Automation can generate images, charts, and workflow outputs. The tool is still aimed at developers despite the broader productivity ...
New Scientist

Computer finds flaw in major physics paper for first time

A computer language created to spot errors in mathematical theorems has uncovered a fundamental error in a widely cited physics paper for the first time. The ...
CNBC

Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push

Anthropic is trialling a feature that lets users send prompts to Claude from a smartphone. Claude will complete the task on its own on a person's computer. Anthropic's product underscores its push ...
Engadget

Claude Code and Cowork can now use your computer

Anthropic announced today that its Claude Code and Claude Cowork tools are being updated to accomplish tasks using your computer. The latest update will see these AI resources become capable of ...
Wired

COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the governor of New Jersey made an unusual admission: He’d run out of COBOL developers. The state’s unemployment insurance systems were written in the 60-year-old ...
Science Daily

Scientists reveal why human language isn’t like computer code

Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...
KUTV

Rare computer software language found hidden in University of Utah closet

What to watch during the preliminary hearing for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk The man accused of shooting and killing Charlie Kirk during a speaking event on Utah Valley University's campus is ...