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Think you need a high-end PC to learn coding? Think again

You don't need fancy hardware to get started on your coding journey. A low-spec computer will likely be more than you need to ...
PBS

Sign language services ‘intrude’ on Trump’s ability to control his image, administration says

The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to ...
Medical Xpress

How your brain understands language may be more like AI than previously thought

A new study reveals that the human brain processes spoken language in a sequence that closely mirrors the layered architecture of advanced AI language models. Using electrocorticography data from ...
EurekAlert!

How your brain understands language may be more like AI than we ever imagined

A new study reveals that the human brain processes spoken language in a sequence that closely mirrors the layered architecture of advanced AI language models. Using electrocorticography data from ...
GamesRadar+

Half-Life 3 "would register on a GDP level" as a Steam Machine launch title, but "Valve doesn't need a Half-Life-sized spectacle to sell hardware," analyst says

Valve's recent Steam Machine announcement may have fuelled fans' hopes that Half-Life 3 could finally be happening, but analysts don't think the new hardware would need the first-person shooter to ...
PC Gamer

Steam Machine will start shipping to Australia on the same day as the rest of the world, marking a brave new era for Valve

Hardware PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025: All the winners from a bumper 12 months of PC gaming tech Handheld Gaming PCs PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming handheld of 2025 Gaming PCs HP's new AI ...
Scientific American

Learning Another Language May Slow Brain Aging, Huge New Study Finds

Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...
Los Angeles Times

Much of ‘Predator: Badlands’ is in an alien language. We asked a Yautja expert to break it down

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Predator: Badlands” is the first film in the franchise where much of the dialogue is in the alien hunters’ ...
The White House

Designating English as the Official Language of The United States

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...
Quanta Magazine

In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert

Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” ...
UNHCR

Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Conference on Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar

Madam President, Delegates, Civil Society Representatives and Colleagues, I recently visited Myanmar. I saw how a country already dealing with a devastating humanitarian crisis was still reeling from ...