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How an MIT research project became a global programming language

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It all started with some exasperated emails. Back in 2009, a group of researchers began venting their frustration with the programming languages designed to help scientists and other researchers perform complex mathematical operations and statistical simulations without learning how to code. These programming languages were rigid and slow. If scientists built something that really worked, […]

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Fairphone 6+ review: the most repairable, ethical phone gets faster

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Dutch sustainable smartphone revamped with new chip and more RAM without sacrificing modular designFairphone’s top Android for 2026 is a little faster with more memory while maintaining full compatibility with its previous phone, including its repairable and ethical chops.The Fairphone 6+ continues the Dutch cooperative’s mission to make consumer electronics longer lasting and more sustainable,

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The 9 Best Agentic SDLC Platforms for Engineering Teams in 2026

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Ask most AI development tools to do something, and they wait for a prompt. That works for a developer sitting at a keyboard. It does nothing for the bug filed at 2 am, the security finding that sat untriaged for a week, or the pull request comment nobody followed up on. The work that slows

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Working to automate nuclear plant operations

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For nuclear to be considered as a viable clean energy source, it has to be competitively priced and economical to produce. Lauren Fortier, a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), is helping the cause by developing remote operation protocols for autonomous control of nuclear plants. After an undergraduate degree in materials

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Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software

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Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targetsA former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to target journalists, human rights defenders, French politicians and Spanish cabinet ministers

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IBM loses quarter of its value as tech giant’s shares plunge and profits falter

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IBM issued profit warning after weak second quarter, triggering selloff in software sector including MicrosoftShares in IBM plunged more than 25% on Tuesday after the US tech giant released disappointing preliminary second-quarter results. IBM’s stock was on track for an even steeper single-day decline than it suffered during ⁠the 1987 “Black Monday” crash.IBM had issued

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How MIT students are helping to prevent cyberattacks

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In May 2019, the government of Baltimore, Maryland, fell into chaos. Cybercriminals had locked the city out of many of its critical files and demanded payment to decrypt them. The city refused to pay ransom. The attack incapacitated a swath of services, including real estate transactions and bill payment, and recovery costs soared into the

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Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

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Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemploymentEvery weekday, Matt, a software engineer, looks forward to his four-hour train commute to Pawling, New York. It’s time he uses to work on his own project: a browser-based

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Bank of England handed powers to regulate key tech firms including Amazon and Google

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Direct oversight of ‘critical third parties’ such as Oracle and Microsoft given to ensure resilient cyber-defences and help safeguard UK economyThe Bank of England has been handed powers to regulate important tech firms including Amazon and Google from next week, amid fears that system failures could threaten financial stability and harm consumers.From Monday, the Bank

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How novice coders can develop AI programs for military applications

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In today’s world, artificial intelligence chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude can perform many functions, such as composing work emails and planning travel itineraries. These chatbots are systems built around large vision-language models (VLMs): AI trained on a massive dataset that includes books, websites, code, and images. The AI algorithms are then refined on massive amounts

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