Going beyond decibels: Visualising how annoying traffic noise really is

We measured traffic noise in 25 homes across Singapore for a Straits Times interactive story. Here is how the data was ...
eWeek

Google Gives Gemini a Binder for Every Brainstorm

Hillman highlights Teradata’s interoperability with AWS, Python-in-SQL, minimal data movement, open table formats, feature ...

How Ben Sasse Is Living Now That He Is Dying

When Ben Sasse announced last December that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, he called it a death ...
diginomica

PyTorch Foundation adds Helion and Safetensors - and the open AI stack gets a little harder to ignore

Mark Collier briefed me on two updates under embargo at KubeCon Europe 2026 last month: Helion, which opens up GPU kernel ...
The New York Times

In N.Y.C. Classes, Teachers Can Use A.I. to Plan but Not to Assign Grades

The largest school system in the United States released its first guide on how teachers can incorporate artificial intelligence into their work and schools. By Matthew Haag In New York City schools, ...
Gizmodo

Most Self-Respecting X Users Are Probably Going to Want to Change This New Setting

If you don't like being deepfaked, this honestly won't do much to help. But it will at least fix the lowest-hanging fruit. Reading time 2 minutes Earlier this year, a bunch of freaks on Twitter ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
InfoWorld

What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

If there’s one universal experience with AI-powered code development tools, it’s how they feel like magic until they don’t. One moment, you’re watching an AI agent slurp up your codebase and deliver a ...
The Harvard Crimson

Cambridge City Council Votes to Ban City Departments From Using X

The Cambridge City Council voted Monday to bar all city departments from using X, citing concerns about the spread of hate speech and disinformation on the platform. The ban, which takes effect in 60 ...
Reuters

State Department switches to OpenAI as US agencies start phasing out Anthropic

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Three U.S. cabinet agencies on Monday moved to cease use of Anthropic's AI products, joining the military in directing staff to use models from rivals such ‌as OpenAI ...
Polygon

Pokémon Go 'An X-ceptional Yarn' choose a path quest steps: X or Y?

As part of the "Pokémon Go Tour: Kalos" event, players who pay $9.99 for the event pass will get a Special Research task that forces them to pick between X or Y. You'll get a Xerneas or Yveltal as a ...
Consumer Reports

What Car Should You Buy? How to Find the Right Vehicle for You.

If it’s been several years since you last bought a car, it might be shocking to see how much the landscape has shifted. To start, the cost of buying a new vehicle skyrocketed during the early years of ...