Cracking the code: How a 'prediction machine' is resurrecting the Singapore Stone

Several years ago, my linguistic research team and I began developing a computational tool we call "Read-y Grammarian." Our goal was to reconstruct the highly fragmentary text of the Singapore Stone, ...

Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code

Anthropic, a smaller rival started by OpenAI defectors, has found runaway success with its programming agent, Claude Code.

7 surprisingly useful ways to use ChatGPT's voice mode, from a former skeptic

Voice Mode fabricated answers the last time I used it, but I tested it again to see if it's actually useful now.
Daily Maverick

‘Make a turn, Cat’ — WhatsApp messages tie top police officer to tender kingpin

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into corruption in South Africa’s criminal justice system has heard how Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya invited the alleged criminal ...
CBS News 8

Madonna sends good luck message to U.S. figure skater before Olympic short program

MILAN, Italy — It wasn’t exactly a prayer that Madonna answered for American figure skater Amber Glenn. More like a wish and a dream. Just before Glenn performed her short program at the Milan Cortina ...
KHON2

Madonna sends good luck message to American figure skater Amber Glenn before Olympic short program

MILAN (AP) — It wasn’t exactly a prayer that Madonna answered for American figure skater Amber Glenn. More like a wish and a dream. Turns out that Madonna had seen a clip of Glenn performing to her ...
The New York Times

I Receive So Many Angry Text Messages! How Can I Make Them Stop?

Sick and tired of feeling like a receptacle for others’ negative emotions, a reader is desperate to stem the tide of foul-tempered texts. By Philip Galanes I receive angry texts from friends and ...