InfoQ

GitHub Data Shows AI Tools Creating "Convenience Loops" That Reshape Developer Language Choices

GitHub’s Octoverse 2025 report reveals a "convenience loop" where AI coding assistants drive language choice. TypeScript’s 66% surge to the #1 spot highlights a shift toward static typing, as types ...
IEEE

DiffTune-MPC: Closed-Loop Learning for Model Predictive Control

Abstract: Model predictive control (MPC) has been applied to many platforms in robotics and autonomous systems for its capability to predict a system's future behavior while incorporating constraints ...
The Guardian

‘We watched 9/11 from the rooftop, blasting the music out’: how The Disintegration Loops became a requiem for the attacks

It is an epic piece of music that literally falls apart – and it perfectly captured the end-of-days chaos after the tragedy. Composer William Basinski and musician Anohni recall its febrile birth in ...
NPR

Surprise 4-legged Olympic competitor wows cross-country fans

LAGO DI TESERO, Italy — A local dog made a bid for Olympic glory Wednesday morning, breaking out of his doghouse and onto the homestretch of the cross-country ski course in the middle of a race.
USA Today

What happened in Amber Glenn's short program at Olympics?

Editor's note: Follow Olympics figure skating live results and updates from the 2026 Winter Games. MILAN — Amber Glenn seemed in control when she nailed her triple Axel to start her short program with ...
The Indianapolis Star

What's a salchow? Toe loop? Olympic figure skating terms explained

With Olympic figure skating in full swing, viewers who don't pay much attention to sports are tuning in. A mix of artistry and athleticism, figure skating at the Winter Olympics brings a unique ...
The Courier-Journal

Axel? Lutz? Salchow? Here's what all those figure skating jump terms mean

With Olympic figure skating in full swing, viewers who don't pay much attention to sports are tuning in. A mix of artistry and athleticism, figure skating at the Winter Olympics brings a unique ...
Golf Digest

The 50 greatest courses built since 2000

When the century began, golf course design and development were in a very different place. Hundreds of new courses were opening annually, including dozens of stand-alone, upscale daily-fee facilities ...
Wall Street Journal

Anthropic Takes Big Step in AI Race to Reshape College Coding Courses

Anthropic has struck a deal to help redesign the computer-coding curricula taught in hundreds of community and state colleges, revving up the race among tech companies to get their AI tools into the ...
The Guardian

Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why

Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why Last week, we learned of the decision of the Texas A&M University board of regents ...
GameSpot

4 Loop Has A Giant Rubik's Cube Boss And Alien Berries That Teleport Enemies

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. 4 Loop, the co-op shooter from Left 4 Dead designer Mike Booth and JJ Abrams' studio Bad Robot Games, has a roguelike structure, along with lots of ...
IEEE

Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation With Reinforcement Learning and Neural Simulation

Abstract: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is effective for movement disorders, particularly Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, a closed-loop DBS system using reinforcement learning (RL) for automatic ...