Forget 'debloat apps.' Sophia Script gives you real control over Windows 11. Here's how it works.

The Sophia Script is an open-source PowerShell module designed to debloat and fine-tune Windows 11 (and Windows 10 ). It is ...
Journal of Accountancy

AI tools for finance professionals to prepare and visualize data

AI tools are frequently used in data visualization — this article describes how they can make data preparation more efficient ...
Scientific American

This weekend, six worlds will align in a rare ‘planetary parade’

The planets are aligning. This Saturday is a rare chance to see several of our closest cosmic neighbors in a single sky. Six planets will assemble themselves for a spectacular “planetary parade” that ...

A rare six-planet alignment is lighting up the sky this week. Here’s how to see it.

Despite the dramatic name, these alignments aren’t exceptionally rare. The last six-planet parade occurred in January 2025, and a four-planet lineup followed in August 2025. What makes each one feel ...
Microsoft

Copilot Tasks: From Answers to Actions

Conversational chatbots were the first chapter of AI. Today is the beginning of the second. We are excited to introduce Copilot Tasks — AI that doesn’t just talk to you, but works for you. This is a ...

How researchers learned the rules of an ancient Roman board game

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

6 planets will parade across the night sky at the end of February. Here's how to spot them

On Saturday, go outside about an hour after sunset, look to the western sky and spot Mercury, Venus and Saturn close to the horizon.
TMCnet

Data Normalization vs. Standardization: What's the Difference and When to Use Each

Data Normalization vs. Standardization is one of the most foundational yet often misunderstood topics in machine learning and ...

It’s Probably a Bit Much to Say This AI Agent Cyberbullied a Developer By Blogging About Him

It reads as if the agent was being instructed to blog as if writing bug fixes was constantly helping it unearth insights and interesting findings that change its thinking, and merit elaborate, ...
Opinion

A human software engineer rejected an AI agent's code change request, only for the AI agent to retaliate by publishing an 'angry' blog about him

Shambaugh recently closed a request from one such AI agent (as the issue it was attempting to weigh in on was only open to human contributors). The bot then retaliated by writing a 'hit piece' about ...

AI agent seemingly tries to shame open source developer for rejected pull request

Daniel Stenberg, founder and lead developer of curl, has been dealing with AI slop bug reports for the past two years and recently decided to shut down curl's bug bounty program to remove the ...
tech2geek

How to Use input() in Python: A Complete Guide with Examples

Getting input from users is one of the first skills every Python programmer learns. Whether you’re building a console app, validating numeric data, or collecting values in a GUI, Python’s input() ...