Scientists have created a microscopic QR code so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope—smaller than most bacteria and now officially a world record. But this isn’t just about size; it’s ...

A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the ...

Microsoft Word brought word processing to the masses. Then Google Docs pioneered real-time collaboration with our fellow humans. Now Google wants to usher in a new revolution: the AI collab—no typing ...

TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 is available for all your coding needs today for only $34.97 (MSRP $499.99) until May 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Ready to write innovative code at lightning speed?

Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

Artificial intelligence tools are making it faster than ever to reproduce creative work. Does copyright even matter anymore? By Meaghan Tobin Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Sigrid Jin was waiting to ...

White House staff are still following the “preservation” mandates of the Presidential Records Act, the Justice Department told a federal court as it pushes back on a new lawsuit challenging the Trump ...

A group of 16 Democratic senators on Monday called on the Office of Personnel Management to withdraw its plan to collect claims-level health data from federal workers and retirees, expressing “grave ...

After 15 years in the vaults, Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase represents the first fruits of "Jazz Detective" producer Zev Feldman's expedition into the tape archives of Chicago club owner Joe ...

Record Store Day is an annual tradition that, while celebrated around the country, gets special treatment in Chicago. This year, expect more than three dozen shops in the area to fete the day with ...

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