From the Editor’s Desk: What We’ve Lost ⭐

The personal technology industry, now run by some of the worst human beings on earth, was started by dreamers.
InfoWorld

What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

Using an AI coding assistant to migrate an application from one programming language to another wasn’t as easy as it looked. Here are three takeaways.

AI and Humans Verify Fields Medal Proof for the First Time

When Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska received a Fields Medal—widely regarded as the Nobel Prize for mathematics—in July 2022, it was big news. Not only was she the second woman to accept the ...

I'm Not Convinced Anthropic's New COBOL Coding Tool Is an Actual Threat to IBM

Anthropic's AI-powered computer-coding platform Claude can easily help modernize complicated programs written in COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language), seemingly posing a threat to IBM's (NYSE: ...
InfoWorld

The browser is your database: Local-first comes of age

The thick client is making a comeback. Here’s how next-generation local databases like PGlite and RxDB are bringing ...
GitHub

Z80-μLM: A Retrocomputing Micro Language Model

Z80-μLM is a 'conversational AI' that generates short character-by-character sequences, with quantization-aware training (QAT) to run on a Z80 processor with 64kb of ram. The root behind this project ...
MUO on MSN

Why is the C programming language called C? And what happened to D?

There's more to the story than the alphabet.
Canada

Government of Canada supports the efforts of the First Peoples’ Cultural Council to revitalize Indigenous languages in British Columbia

The First Peoples’ Cultural Council is the First Nations Regionally Designated Organization for British Columbia. As part of this role, it implements a long-term language revitalization strategy with ...
IEEE

Comparing Programming Language Models for Design Pattern Recognition

Abstract: Design patterns (DPs) facilitate effective software architecture and design and must be maintained and enforced in existing complex software products, for example, automotive software.
Bleeping Computer

Google patches first Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year

Google has released emergency updates to fix a high-severity Chrome vulnerability exploited in zero-day attacks, marking the first such security flaw patched since the start of the year. "Google is ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Ex-Arkansas first ladies form group to keep PBS programming in state

Two former Arkansas first ladies have helped to form a new citizen-led group aimed at preserving Public Broadcasting Service programming for the state. Barbara Pryor, wife of the late David Pryor, and ...
IEEE

The Influence of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) on Writing Skills and Attitudes of First-Year EFL Students at the University of Tabuk

Abstract: In the current educational environment, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has become a significant method for enhancing students' English language acquisition and engagement. This ...