“Hello, Tripp,” a disembodied woman’s voice said through the speakers of a driverless taxi that was about to pick up a fare near the colorful Victorian houses known as the Painted Ladies. “This experience may feel futuristic,” the voice said. … Read more
By Bobby Allyn Wednesday, August 16, 2023 • 5:53 PM EDT The New York Times and OpenAI could end up in court. Lawyers for the newspaper are exploring whether to sue OpenAI to protect the intellectual property rights associated with … Read more
Sometimes humans can spot optimization opportunities that a compiler can’t doesn’t. In this post, we start with a loop generated from C code by clang, and tweak it in various ways, measuring the speedup. Disclaimer: I’m not an optimization expert, … Read more
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Every time the U.S. government’s debt gets close to the debt ceiling, and people start worrying about a possible default, the Treasury Department, under either party, says the same thing: “The U.S. government has never defaulted on its debt!” Every … Read more
A new game called Digits will be available this week for a limited-time beta release by the New York Times Games team. The beta test is available to everyone and is free to play. In the game, players are presented … Read more
Why would anyone want to invest money in the airline industry? As Southwest Airlines chairman and former CEO Herb Kelleher told an amused Stanford audience April 24, “It really is a horrible business! It’s capital intensive, labor intensive, fuel intensive, … Read more
It has been a fun three months since I launched this archive and it brought joy to a lot of us but all good things must end. The New York Times has requested that I shut the archive down – … Read more
Tech workers at The New York Times on Thursday voted in favor of certifying their union in a National Labor Relations Board election, making it one of the biggest tech unions in America. The workers voted in favor, 404 to … Read more
The sudden hit Wordle, in which once a day players get six chances to guess a five-letter word, has been acquired by The New York Times Company. The purchase, announced by The Times on Monday, reflects the growing importance of … Read more