Sweeping school reforms to be unveiled - but one mum says it's 'just what I was fearing'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has claimed that the reforms represent a significant shift in how opportunity is delivered through the school system. Some parents fear their children could be ...
Science Daily

Scientists reveal why human language isn’t like computer code

Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...
IEEE

Prompting Large Language Models with Answer Heuristics for Knowledge-Based Visual Question Answering

Abstract: Knowledge-based visual question answering (VQA) requires external knowledge beyond the image to answer the question. Early studies retrieve required knowledge from explicit knowledge bases ...
InfoWorld

WinterTC: Write once, run anywhere (for real this time)

The unified JavaScript runtime standard is an idea whose time has come. Here’s an inside look at the movement for server-side JavaScript interoperability.

AI model learns yeast DNA 'language' to boost protein drug output

Industrial yeasts are a powerhouse of protein production, used to manufacture vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and other useful ...
InfoWorld

Working with the Windows App Development CLI

Microsoft is previewing an open-source command-line tool designed to speed up Windows application development, testing, and delivery.
IEEE

CodaMosa: Escaping Coverage Plateaus in Test Generation with Pre-trained Large Language Models

Abstract: Search-based software testing (SBST) generates high-coverage test cases for programs under test with a combination of test case generation and mutation. SBST's performance relies on there ...