Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it

When I checked my 10-year-old daughter’s TikTok messages in early February 2026, I expected to find the usual mix of dance ...
The New York Times

Who’s a Better Writer: A.I. or Humans? Take Our Quiz.

Artificial intelligence is already being used to write romance novels, academic papers and software applications. But how does A.I. stack up against some of the world’s best human writers? Skeptics ...
Hackaday

Slug Algorithm For On-GPU Rendering Of Fonts With Bézier Curves Now In Public Domain

The Slug Algorithm has been around for a decade now, mostly quietly rendering fonts and later entire GUIs using Bézier curves ...