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Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses.

The world’s most popular programming language is losing market share to more specialized languages such as R and Perl, Tiobe ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. U.S. overdose deaths dropped 21% through August 2025 — the longest sustained decline in decades — but remain above ...

Last year was the third-warmest in modern history, according to Copernicus, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service. The conclusion came as no surprise: The past 11 years have been the ...

NEW YORK — U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades. Federal data released Wednesday showed that ...

The data is in for Tesla’s full year 2025 in Europe, and frankly, it’s a bloodbath across most major markets. There’s a single exception, and Tesla can’t count on it in 2026. Following years of ...

2025 was a big year for cybersecurity, with major cyberattacks, data breaches, threat groups reaching new notoriety levels, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in incidents. Some ...

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Our goal at The Upshot is to produce distinctive explanatory journalism. But how do we get there? Some of our best work starts with a reporter squinting at a table, or a list, or a rough chart, and ...

Michael Jordan cards and PSA 10 graded cards were both popular searches in 2025. Valerie Macon / AFP via Getty Images It was another milestone year for the still-growing sports card world, as ...