The Social Security Administration has proposed changes—again—with respect to its phone service options. If the changes are approved, the agency will require beneficiaries to go online to prove their identity before they can complete certain transactions over the phone. As…

These spikes threaten cascading power outages, affecting homes and businesses that feed off the same grid network. Last summer, utility providers in Virginia had to grapple with a sudden surge in power after a cluster of facilities switched to back-up…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors that the newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs is focused on building AI models that can self-improve—meaning they can learn from themselves without as much human input. The remarks came during a second-quarter earnings call…

Since Congress passed the big tax and spending bill on July 3, most observers have focused their attention on its cuts to Medicaid. But the Trump Administration is quietly making big changes to Medicare, which insures nearly 70 million seniors…

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The school year starts soon for many students, and ChatGPT has announced a new “study mode” that aims to prevent—or at least, encourage against—students taking homework shortcuts.The mode is designed around the Socratic method, so when activated, OpenAI’s generative AI…

In a 2023 survey, over 65% of participants said that Medicare was confusing and difficult to understand. This can result in coverage problems. Here’s a recent example involving two friends, both in their mid-80s. They spend several months every year…

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Perl was once everywhere. Or at least it felt that way. Around the turn of the millennium, it seemed that almost every website was built on the back of this scripting language. It processed massive amounts of text—mechanisms for doing…

Most of our life is spent accumulating material items. We may be collectors, or it may be that after time we have ended up with possessions passed down to us. Regardless, once we have lived in a house for decades…