Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

A dozen years ago this summer, I wrote one of the more impactful columns of my life. Not that it was necessarily impactful on the world — though it is something I still get asked about — but it ...

Even change-averse Hank Hill would approve of this update: Billy Strings and his band have put their own spin on the King of the Hill theme song for the show’s Hulu revival. The new 10-episode season ...

Java defies the hype cycle, thriving at 30 with unmatched enterprise trust, modern AI integration, and a vibrant, global developer community. In a fast-paced tech landscape where languages rise and ...

String theory remains elusive as a 'provable' phenomenon. But a team of physicists has now taken a significant step forward in validating string theory by using an innovative mathematical method that ...

Java’s String class encapsulates an array of bytes. A byte can be converted to a char, in which case, String becomes an array of characters used to compose words, sentences, or any other data you want ...

String theory captured the hearts and minds of many physicists decades ago because of a beautiful simplicity. Zoom in far enough on a patch of space, the theory says, and you won’t see a menagerie of ...

I’ve tried lots of different ways to light up the patio in my backyard so I can enjoy sitting outside into the wee hours. Everything from fairy lights to path lights to standard string lights has been ...

There are various instances of this issue that we get such as JAVAC’, JRE, ‘MVN’, JAR’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file, ‘Java’ is not recognized as ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The correct way to convert a String to long in Java is to use the parseLong(String x) method of ...