Practical Technology

We all know that some perfectly good Windows 10 PCs can’t be upgraded to Windows 11. But did you know that Canalys Insights estimated that 240 million Windows 10 PCs are doomed to the trash heap because they can’t be upgraded to Windows 11 after…Read More

In a landmark decision, Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court ruled Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by stifling competition and arranging exclusive and restrictive contracts with other companies. As Mehta wrote in his decision, “Google…Read More

Russ Cox, a pivotal figure in the development and evolution of the Go programming language, has announced his resignation as its tech lead. Effective September 1, Austin Clements will take over the leadership role for both the Google Go team and the…Read More

Are you a Kubernetes master? OK, you don’t need to read the rest of this article. But if, like most of us, you have trouble managing Kubernetes clusters, you’ll be interested to know that Red Hat has announced the developer preview release of…Read More

According to a BestColleges survey, more than half of students use AI to cheat. Those numbers are in line with a Stanford University study that found 60 to 70 percent of students cheat. However, AI may soon cease to be the lazy student’s answer to…Read More

Without open source, there is no artificial intelligence (AI). Period. End of statement. It’s not just that AI’s early roots spring from the 1960s’ open language Lisp; the headline AI generative models, such as ChatGPT, Llama 2, and DALL-E, are built…Read More