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Researchers have discovered the first known Android malware to use generative AI in its execution flow, using Google's Gemini ...

Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

Layoffs have long been blamed on missed targets, overhiring or external shocks. Increasingly, companies are pointing to artificial intelligence. More than 50,000 job cuts announced in 2025 cited AI as ...

A woman gets emotional around a makeshift memorial honoring Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer the day before, near the site of the shooting in Minneapolis, on January 8, 2026. Credit: ...

A Billings audiologist explains why professional hearing tests and properly fitted hearing aids offer safer, clearer, and longer lasting hearing care. I see patients in Billings every week who tried ...

The Department of Family and Support Services will conduct its point-in-time count today, where volunteers will tally up the number of unhoused Chicagoans. The Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness ...

Canada’s rig count continued to climb this week, while US drilling activity fell. Canada’s rig count continued to climb this week, while US drilling activity fell. According to Baker Hughes’s rotary ...

What if your code could write itself, refine itself, and improve continuously without you lifting a finger? Below, Prompt Engineering breaks down how the innovative “Ralph Wigum” approach combines a ...

The final game of the NFL regular season was an instant classic that ended in elation for the Steelers and absolute heartbreak for the Ravens. After a back-and-forth battle in the fourth quarter, the ...

For the first time in the 64-year history of the local count, the common raven was observed during the Willmar Area Christmas Bird Count conducted on Dec. 20, 2025. Participants in this year’s Willmar ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado is coming closer to universal access to overdose-reversing medication as residents snap up an over-the-counter version and hospitals offer it to ...