As with almost every programming language, JavaScript treats various types of values differently. A string like “Hello world” is very different from a number like 42. But what types are available, and ...

OpenAI said it will acquire Astral, a startup that builds tools for software developers. Astral's team will join OpenAI as part of the group running its AI coding assistant, Codex. OpenAI has been ...

At the Utah Capitol last month, a mother told lawmakers her children struggled to stay focused on homework because their school-issued laptops supplied an endless stream of notifications from online ...

Walking into a major technology company's office, someone might expect to see rows of software developers and engineers hunched over their keyboards, going bleary-eyed from staring at line after line ...

Xiaoyu Zhang is an independent scholar of political science and author of The Prehistory of AI Civilization (2025). He is based in Singapore. Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future Dan Wang W ...

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...

China is pledging to use ‘extraordinary measures’ to support the country's bid to become a global leader in artificial intelligence, quantum technology and other cutting-edge technological fields, ...