architecture Christopher Alexander, pioneering architect and creator of A Pattern Language, has died Gareth Branwyn

Science Decoding whale language could unlock new legal rights for them Ruben Bolling

science fiction 'They're Made Out of Meat,' rewritten as a dialogue about LLMs Ellsworth Toohey

AI Slopping Amazon uses AI to invent products you can't buy Jason Weisberger

literature Granta published a likely AI-written story as a prize finalist Ellsworth Toohey

books AI writing witch hunts hurt autistic writers most Ellsworth Toohey

security Please do not use AI to generate passwords Gail Sherman

Science Caterpillars crack ants' rhythmic code to sneak into their colonies Ellsworth Toohey

Science Your brain can crack a new language's patterns in three days. Fluency takes 64 weeks. Ellsworth Toohey

brain damage Grandpa Pudding Brains remembers the good old days of Aqua Net Jason Weisberger

Stephen Wolfram: computation is the universe's OS Ellsworth Toohey

mistakes Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsoft's cloud app that steals then deletes all your files Rob Beschizza

law Sabzi: Cornwall deli trademarked the Hindi word for "vegetables" then threatened cookbook author Rob Beschizza

Technology New book teaches coding to toddlers through screen-free activities using comics and everyday craft items Mark Frauenfelder

Science Scientists decode the universal language pattern in 40,000 stories Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Google decides regular human surveillance isn't enough, targets dolphins Ellsworth Toohey

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Science Scientist identify the phonetic alphabet of whales Thom Dunn

fashion Here's the Piers Morgan vs. Kermit the Frog fashion showdown you never knew you needed Jennifer Sandlin