AI startup Anthropic's claim of automating COBOL modernization sent IBM's stock plummeting, wiping billions off its market value. The decades-old language, still powering critical systems, faces a ...

Large language models (LLMs) can suggest hypotheses, write code and draft papers, and AI agents are automating parts of the research process. Although this can accelerate science, it also makes it ...

Safe coding is a collection of software design practices and patterns that allow for cost-effectively achieving a high degree ...

While it's no replacement for either computer, the new device is a powerful alternative for addressing some very practical challenges. Reading time 3 minutes In a world of ever-improving computing ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denver is no longer mailing all homeowners their property tax bills as the city’s statements move online. Residents began receiving postcards in the mail ...

A growing number of scientists and philosophers are openly questioning whether reality itself is real. Known as the simulation hypothesis, the idea suggests the universe could be an advanced ...

At this critical time we, G-Science Academies of Science and of Medicine from across the globe, including academies of the G7 countries, are engaging within our countries in many ways. But we all ...

In the forests of India and the Himalayan foothills, predators are everywhere—you just don’t always see them. Russia’s ‘dandelion’ tank armour might just work Two men arrested for illegal fly tipping ...

The researchers produced a report that was central in a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution. By Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington A federal judge on Friday ruled the ...

For the past few years, AI has dominated any discussion of technology trends. Sure, PCs are faster and longer-lasting, phones can snap eye-popping photos, and TVs look better than ever. But these ...

A Dalai Lama once said that our prime purpose in this life is to help others – and he may have been right. Scientists have found that having a positive impact on other people seems to be a key element ...