How to use BAML—A language for agents to write in. One line to install, 4 basic commands, and steps to call from Python

Have you ever thought this while having an AI agent write code?"It works, but I don't know why it's working."There are casts ...
InfoQ

Java 27 Delivers Post-Quantum Cryptography, Future Language Innovation, Helidon 27, JavaFX 27

Oracle has released version 27 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the second non-LTS release since JDK 25, the final feature set includes nine JEPs, five of which are still ...
WTEN

New Early Childhood Strings Program

Nearly two weeks after the town shut down the Albany Center for Independent Living citing code violations, newly obtained photos detailed the extent of the conditions and how building inspectors ...
Billboard

Billy Strings’ ‘So Much for Goodbyes’: All 16 Tracks Ranked

The acclaimed bluegrass artist's latest album is a profound meditation on grief inspired by the recent death of his mother. By Eric Renner Brown Over the last few years, virtuosic bluegrass player ...
The Guardian

Billy Strings: So Much for Goodbyes review – staggering, stirring songs of grief draw the blues out of bluegrass

The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearning On the face of it, 2025 was a ...
Indiatimes

Meet Jerry Xu, the 17-year-old Massachusetts student who built an AI program that turns protein structures into strings of numbers; he won $90,000

Imagine, what if a protein's complex 3-D structure could be converted into a simple string of numbers—and that string could help scientists understand what the protein does? That’s the premise of an ...
Asheville Citizen-Times

Asheville Middle School revives orchestra as after-school club

Asheville Middle School's orchestra program will become an after-school club following public outcry over its initial cancellation. The program was originally cut due to low enrollment, which did not ...
Mountain Xpress

Residents decry Asheville City Schools’ decision to eliminate orchestra program

SPEAKING OUT: Hayes Bailey, a rising seventh grader at Asheville Middle School, spoke during the Aug. 10 Asheville City Board of Education meeting, criticizing the board's decision to eliminate her ...
Resource-Recycling

Two pilot programs in CA recycle commercial film

Two new pilot programs in California are testing different approaches to collecting and recycling commercial plastic film, with organizers aiming to gather data that could inform future recycling ...
nytimes.com

Billy Strings Escaped the Darkness. He’s Playing to Not Go Back.

Billy Strings has drawn from something old to do something entirely new. The singer and virtuoso guitarist, who is 33, has broken ground by using the elements of traditional bluegrass to become an ...
Asheville Citizen-Times

Asheville City Schools cancels orchestra program despite outcry

Asheville City Schools has canceled its orchestra program due to low student enrollment. Students and parents expressed devastation over the loss of the program and its community. The orchestra ...