Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

As the New York Times reported in 1998, it was Les Crane who first spotted the woman who would be Mavis. Crane was a former ...

What Is Thread? We Explain the Smart Home Network Protocol

Thread is a mesh networking protocol that connects low-power smart home gadgets, and it’s one of Matter’s underlying ...

So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I ...
Hackaday

A VIC-20 Emulator In Your Browser

The Commodore VIC-20 was a solid microcomputer that paved the way for the legendary Commodore 64 to come. If you’re a fan of ...
Houston Public Media

Families can soon apply for Texas’ $1 billion school voucher program. Here’s how it works

The application window for Texas' new statewide school voucher program will open Feb. 4. New details for the $1 billion initiative, known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts, or TEFA, were released by ...
USA Today

How to get $1,000 for your child through the new Trump account program

Parents cannot depend on an automatic enrollment system to create a new Trump Account for their children. To qualify for the $1,000 pilot program contribution for a Trump Account, a child must be a ...
usace.army.mil

Army Expands Program that Transforms How Soldiers Prepare for Combat

Warfighting is at the forefront of everything we do in the Army, and over the past five years, the culture of human performance has evolved to ensure that Soldiers are prepared to fight and win our ...
Women's Health

Program Your Own Lifting Workout With This Trainer's Easy Formula

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? My name is Cori Ritchey, and I am an exercise physiology nerd turned fitness ...
CNN

Trump said he’s looking into an Australian-style retirement program for America. Here’s how it works

The Trump administration is looking Down Under for inspiration on how to improve the United States’ retirement savings system. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said at the White House that his ...
USNI

Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program, Considering New Small Surface Combatants

The Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced Tuesday on social ...
Runner's World

How to Run Faster: The Runner’s World Guide to Maximizing Your Speed

No matter your current running pace and typical distance, in How to Run Faster, certified run coach Matt Meyer and other experts will help you speed up! You will learn crucial speed workouts, ...
Education Week

An Alternative to AP and IB: How the Cambridge Program Has Found a U.S. Foothold

When offering students the chance to earn college credit in high school, districts across the country often look to the College Board’s Advanced Placement program or the International Baccalaureate.