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JavaScript powers essential website features like payments, videos, forms, and menus across modern browsers today. Enabling JavaScript in Windows browsers requires ...

The new AI agent aims to save faculty time on “low-value tasks,” but stops short of fully automating grading. But some experts worry that the rise of agentic AI could lead to a dead classroom, where ...

How to boost app performance with Python 3.15's lazy import ...

JavaOne Oracle has shipped Java 26, a short-term release, and introduced Project Detroit, which promises faster interop between Java, JavaScript, and Python. Java 26 will be supported for just six ...

Once envisioned as a bridge between Java and JavaScript, the Detroit project never got off the ground. Now, there are efforts at reviving it, adding a Python engine to the mix. Intended to enable ...

People with Google Workspace or Google AI Pro accounts can use Google’s Gemini AI assistant to generate documents in Docs and other Workspace apps. But anybody can use the Canvas tool in the Gemini ...

Canvas, Harvard’s main platform for classes, was nonoperational for more than 12 hours on Monday due to a widespread web outage, leaving students and professors unable to access class materials and ...

Students across the country are reporting trouble accessing Canvas, the popular online learning platform. The outage is linked to an ongoing Amazon Web Services (AWS) incident affecting multiple ...

Around 4 a.m. Monday, Amazon Web Services confirmed the company was experiencing a worldwide operational issue. The AWS outage was resolved with “services returning to normal operations” around 6 p.m.

Stuff: everybody has it. No matter who you are or where you’re going, chances are you’re packing a few bulky items on your journey from A to B, whether it’s a Nalgene and a beach read or gym shoes and ...

Google introduced Canvas in Gemini to aid with creating documents and editing code. So far, previewing code output in Gemini may involve transitioning over to a new Chrome tab. Gemini appears to be ...