Mainstream comedy is frankly in a bit of a lull right now. Sitcoms and theatrical comedy movie are disappearing, few comic novels are getting published, and comedy podcasts are just comedians ...

I am an unrepentant book gifter. It is my version of the scented candle, though I give plenty of those too. But while a scent can feel impersonal, books are incredibly intimate. It’s a good way to ...

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Like the common cold, the reading slump and its symptoms will come to us all eventually. The pages don't turn as fast as they used to. The characters don't feel as relatable. The plots don't hit the ...

Can a 3D Minecraft implementation be done entirely in CSS and HTML, without a single line of JavaScript in sight? The answer is yes! True, this small clone is limited to playing with blocks in a world ...

CNBC is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Disruptor 50 list. Submit a nomination before February 23. Anthropic's use of books to train its artificial intelligence model Claude was "fair use" and ...

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When employees at Meta started developing their flagship AI model, Llama 3, they faced a simple ethical question. The program would need to be trained on a huge amount of high-quality writing to be ...

The Donald Trump administration’s recent move to ban books from U.S. military schools has sparked a heated debate over censorship and educational freedom. Under the Department of Defense’s new policy, ...

Editor's take: Generative AI models are powerful tools that can be exploited by scammers, criminals, and those looking to fabricate an entire writing career. These models can, in theory, generate an ...

Have you ever wished you could generate interactive websites with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript while programming in nothing but Python? Here are three frameworks that do the trick. Python has long had a ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Credit...By Karan Singh Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff Here they are — the 10 Best Books of ...