The thick client is making a comeback. Here’s how next-generation local databases like PGlite and RxDB are bringing ...

Just like algae blooms in the ocean and pollen in the spring, there’s been an explosion in the past year or two of new software, related tools and lingo from the IT and mainstream/consumer side. Some ...

ABI and scripting to the Wasm Component Model (WASI Preview 2). He shares how to build secure plugin systems that run at near ...

The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board. By Alexandra Alter Last February, the writer Coral Hart launched an ...

Umama Ali spent more time as a kid arguing with his brother over who caused the most chaos in GTA Vice City than doing homework, and he’s been unapologetically hooked on games ever since. That ...

Andrew Robinson is the author of Lost Languages (2002) and other books on scripts and decipherment. He is based in London. How the world’s largest language family spread — and why others go extinct ...

A few stanzas from the end of Chaucer’s long poem “Troilus and Criseyde,” the author interrupts his story to indulge in a bit of reception anxiety. “Go, litel book,” he bids the manuscript that’s soon ...

A proposal requiring testing for Florida students’ cursive writing ability passed its second House committee Thursday, the last stop before it goes before the full House. HB 127 would put in state law ...

In my high-school English classes, I often tell my students that they write their papers backwards: They devise a thesis and then look for evidence to support it. They’ll find what they want to see, I ...

What if you could transform an AI like Claude into a tireless collaborator that never forgets, no matter how complex or long-term your projects are? Memory limitations are one of the most frustrating ...

When her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, also a member of the Boston Police force, is found dead — his body discovered in a snowbank near a friend’s house — all eyes turn to Karen Read. She is eventually ...

January is traditionally a month for starting projects, trying new things, and working to break bad habits — particularly anything that gets in the way of self-improvement or productivity. Polygon ...