At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic world of quantum mechanics a century ago, they weren't trying to build ...

PCWorld reports that Spotify offers a hidden “Basic” tier launched in mid-2024 for $10.99/month, providing music-only streaming without audiobooks or lossless audio. This plan requires existing ...

Aamir Khan reignited the language row as he stepped out to vote during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections in Mumbai on Thursday, January 15. After casting his vote, the Bollywood ...

Actor Aamir Khan was spotted doing his civic duty as he stepped out to cast his vote during the Maharashtra civic elections in Mumbai on Thursday. However, the moment also sparked chatter around ...

Dr. Berg teaches philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Last spring, it became clear to me that over half the students in my large general education lecture course had used artificial ...

Sacramento State opened its new Basic Needs Resource Center to help students struggling with housing and food insecurity by offering free groceries, including meat and fresh produce, as well as ...

MUMBAI, INDIA — Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India, with most of its speakers concentrated in the northern regions. But this year, states in southern and western India have consistently ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Microsoft has released the source code for the BASIC version it developed in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor, a central component of many early home computers, The Register reports. As far back as ...

A hot potato: When generative AI gets to the point where it can do pretty much everything better than a human, potentially leading to millions of job losses, how will people support themselves? One ...