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is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast. Today, I’m talking with Prashanth Chandrasekar, who is the CEO of Stack Overflow. I last had Prashanth on ...

Texas DPS moving forward to expand Compassionate Use Program Nine new businesses were selected to proceed with an additional due diligence evaluation Some say it will open doors for patients, while ...

Stack Exchange Inc., the company behind the leading developer resource Stack Overflow, today announced the public launch of its new AI Assist feature. The company says it provides users with access to ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act created a new Workforce Pell program, which opens up Pell Grant eligibility to short-term job training programs that have traditionally been excluded from federal higher ...

The online gaming platform “Roblox” will begin using AI technology to scan users’ faces for age verification. Roblox's senior director of product policy, Eliza Jacobs, spoke with NBC News’ Tom Llamas ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced that starting Wednesday, Illinois residents can add their driver's license or ID card to their digital wallet on Apple devices. The Illinois ...

(TNS) — As some patrol officers in the Twin Cities are starting to use artificial intelligence for composing their reports, the St. Paul Police Department isn’t yet taking the leap to the cutting-edge ...

Property taxes are due in counties around Oregon this month and the annual bills can run several thousand dollars. That’s a heavy lift, particularly for people on a fixed income, and taxes can make it ...

From simple text generation to autonomously powering robotic arms on production lines, AI technology offers enterprises a kaleidoscope of new capabilities. So which aspects of AI advancement have ...

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) homeless housing program cuts “should be implemented carefully,” House Republicans cautioned in a letter to the Trump Administration, according ...