Anne Fadiman discusses her book, 'Frog And Other Essays'

How do you feel about a pet that you can't pet? NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer Anne Fadiman about her new collection of essays, "Frog And Other Essays." ...

The Difference That ICE Watchers Are Making in Minnesota

The monitoring of federal agents by activists has been at the heart of the opposition to the Trump administration’s raids.

The best AI chatbots of 2026: I tested ChatGPT, Copilot, and others to find the top tools around

I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits to find the best AI chatbots of 2026. To explore our top picks, check out ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide.
OSTechNix

Pocket TTS: High-Quality Local Voice Cloning Without GPU

Pocket TTS delivers high-quality text-to-speech on standard CPUs. No GPU, no cloud APIs. It is the first local TTS with voice ...

So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I ...
Security Boulevard

Enabling and Securing Basic Authentication: A Comprehensive Guide

Learn how to enable and secure basic authentication for enterprise systems. Guide covers tls encryption, credential hygiene, and sso migration for ctos.
GitHub

Creating a ChatGPT version that can build toy PLEXOS models.

Gather the data on which you wish to train your model. So far, we've tested plain text files, python files, and XML files. construct_index() this function takes in a dirctory path, loads the files, ...