The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

The Busy Beaver Challenge, a notoriously difficult question in theoretical computer science, is now producing answers so ...
Tech Xplore

Software tool turns everyday objects into animated, eye-catching displays—without electronics

Whether you're an artist, advertising specialist, or just looking to spruce up your home, turning everyday objects into dynamic displays is a great way to make them more visually engaging. For example ...
Deadline.com

Paramount+ Opening Up To Outside Studios, May Experiment With Release Patterns, Won’t Try To Replicate CBS-Style Programming

Paramount+ is once again a real buyer following Skydance’s acquisition of the streamer’s parent Paramount Global. At a Los Angeles press event on Wednesday, new Paramount CEO David Ellison touted the ...
GeekWire

Coding is dead: UW computer science program rethinks curriculum for the AI era

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, which connects to the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, on a sunny afternoon in June 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The ...
Quanta Magazine

Computer Scientists Figure Out How To Prove Lies

Randomness is a source of power. From the coin toss that decides which team gets the ball to the random keys that secure online interactions, randomness lets us make choices that are fair and ...
Southern Living

This Bold Decor Trend Is Proof That Grandma Is Always Right

Color drenching has a sister trend on the rise: pattern drenching. This new take on one of the most vintage design elements is maximalism at its finest. "There’s a certain historical elegance to ...
The Washington Post

More than a quarter of computer-programming jobs just vanished. What happened?

More than a quarter of all computer programming jobs have vanished in the past two years, the worst downturn that industry has ever seen. Things are sufficiently abysmal that computer programming ...
Frontiers

Effects of computer-generated patterns with different temporal and spatial frequencies on choroidal thickness, retinal dopamine and candidate genes in chickens wearing lenses

1 Section of Neurobiology of the Eye, Ophthalmic Research Institute, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany 2 Aier Institute of Optometry and Vision Science, Aier Eye Hospital Group, Changsha, ...
The Aviationist

As General Atomics, Anduril Wingmen Drones Clear USAF Critical Design Review, Let’s Look at how Modern Wars are Informing the CCA Program

Air Force Materiel Command’s Col. Timothy M. Helfrich broke down what might constitute the Increment 1 and Increment 2 of the CCAs, describing how the service is changing the procurement of the ...
The New York Times

Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96

At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world. By Kenneth R. Rosen Thomas E.
The New York Times

A Dinky Little Computer Program Is My Secret Weapon for Creativity

Remember Microsoft Paint? It’s more perfect than ever. By Jean-Luc Bouchard My generation may be the last to have childhood memories of a family “computer room” — though ours was really more of a ...