Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Using AI to write is a disordered and deforming means of fulfilling a good desire. The church must offer something better. A major publisher recently pulled a new novel for a novel reason: a strong ...

WhatsApp has started testing a new username system with some beta testers on iOS and Android, WABetaInfo is reporting today. The WhatsApp team first teased username support in October 2024, explaining ...

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...

David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being fundamentally abstract. Whether it’s invented or discovered, its ...

Facepalm: AI writing detectors were supposed to identify machine-generated text; instead, they are quietly reshaping how students write and how they use AI in the first place. Across classrooms and ...

When Craig Schmidt gave his high school English students an assignment based on “Fahrenheit 451,” he threw them a curveball: He told them to use ChatGPT. Schmidt asked the class to write several ...

Simple login and registration system using Python with a MySQL database server. This is a beginner-friendly desktop application built on the Python platform using TKinter. Simple Login/Registration ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robin Ryan, a career counselor & author covers job search & careers. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

Abstract: Multiple systems have explored how to use programmable switch ASICs to improve the performance of distributed systems. However, they focus on accelerating read operations and perform poorly ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...