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Robots gaze upon the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Credit: VentureBeat made with Midjourney Two trends have dominated AI large language model (LLM) releases in recent months: smaller models and reasoning ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...

Learn how to use pattern-matching features in your Java programs, including pattern matching with switch statements, when clauses, sealed classes, and a preview of primitive type pattern matching in ...

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

Over the past 40-some years I've had the pleasure of towing trailers loaded with cattle, horses, furniture, cars, and, lately, nearly all of my worldly possessions as I traipse around the country ...

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The Philadelphia trio pays tribute to a baffling 1984 LP of programmed drums and indulgent guitar recorded by an obstinate Lou Reed collaborator. They’re not so much imitators as acolytes. Here are ...