State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality. By Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom New York State prison ...

Here's why Metallica stopped using guitar amps live, according to James Hetfield's guitar tech. Metallica fans may or may not have even noticed that the rockers don't have a bunch of amps lined up ...

I once had a student who used AI to generate several of his assignments. The first assignment in my class is an ethnography paper in which students discuss the culture they most identify with and the ...

Reliance on fossil fuels is almost unavoidable — at least for now. By Evan Gorelick It’s been a big week for A.I. data centers. That means it’s also been a big week for coal and natural gas. Nvidia ...

In 2005, Travis Oliphant was an information scientist working on medical and biological imaging at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, when he began work on NumPy, a library that has become a ...

What if the programming language you rely on most is on the brink of a transformation? For millions of developers worldwide, Python is not just a tool, it’s a cornerstone of their craft, powering ...

In recent years, ChatGPT has exploded in popularity, with nearly 200 million users pumping a total of over a billion prompts into the app every day. These prompts may seem to complete requests out of ...

Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment. Dashia investigates economic ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has significantly escalated the use of third-country deportations in an unprecedented expansion ...

Business jargon, corporate-speak, and buzzwords are nearly universal workplace constants that people use whether they love them or hate them. Now a pair of studies reflect just how ingrained office ...

Social media use is widespread and continues to grow. The most popular social media site, Facebook, is used by 68% of Americans and the average American spends over two hours a day on social media.

Artificial-intelligence chatbots don’t judge. Tell them the most private, vulnerable details of your life, and most of them will validate you and possibly even provide advice. For this reason, many ...