upnorthlive

National Pencil Day: What's your preferred writing utensil?

DOJ ends Powell probe over Fed renovation costs, defers to inspector general review; no wrongdoing found in prior investigations. VOTE: Do you trust the government to track and audit how your tax ...
Quanta Magazine

How Writing Changes Mathematical Thought

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 ...
TechCrunch

WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts, and more

Web hosting platform WordPress.com is embracing AI agents, a decision that could change the look and feel of the web. The company announced Friday that it will now allow AI agents to draft, edit, and ...
Consequence

Jack White Clarifies Taylor Swift Comments: “I Don’t Find it Interesting for ME to Write About MYSELF”

In a since-deleted Instagram post, Jack White has clarified his recent comments on Taylor Swift and autobiographical elements in lyrics. “Putting this up for a day and then taking down to just put ...
InfoQ

Google BigQuery Previews Cross-Region SQL Queries for Distributed Data

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Hacker

I Asked 5 LLMs to Write the Same SQL Query. Here's How Wrong They Got It

Data/Business Intelligence Engineer focused on building governed, trustworthy AI for data platforms and NL analytics.
The Boston Globe

The joy of slow writing

You can’t tell now, but I am writing this column in longhand. I’m on a tropical island (don’t hate me) without access to a computer screen (ditto) and composing a column this way is an enlightening — ...
wjla

A healthy Josiah Gray ready to write his comeback story with the Nationals

WASHINGTON (7News) — It's just Spring Training. But don't tell that to Josiah Gray. RELATED | Right-hander Josiah Gray and Washington Nationals agree to $1.35 million contract ...
local21news

Bill requiring PA schools to teach cursive writing heads to Gov. Shapiro's desk

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — A bill that would require Pennsylvania schools to teach cursive handwriting to students has been presented to Gov. Josh Shapiro. The bill passed through the state Senate on ...
CNN

What is Moltbook, the social networking site for AI bots – and should we be scared?

What happens when thousands of AI agents get together online and talk like humans do? That’s what a new social network called Moltbook, designed just for AI bots and not people, aims to find out. And ...
cnycentral

Josh Allen for town supervisor? Professor on why write-in votes matter on election day

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — When you step into the voting booth on election day, you may choose to write in the name of a candidate who is not listed on your ballot. Writing in a name does not mean that the vote ...
InfoQ

Google BigQuery Adds SQL-Native Managed Inference for Hugging Face Models

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