Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

If the world were mapped not by landmass or economic power but by the sheer density of spoken languages, the globe would appear dramatically different. While English, Mandarin, and Spanish often ...

When I first wrote “Vector databases: Shiny object syndrome and the case of a missing unicorn” in March 2024, the industry was awash in hype. Vector databases were positioned as the next big thing — a ...

Dr. Andrew Cowell, a professor of linguistics and faculty director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS), has spent years building databases cataloging the Arapaho language.

As of 2025, the world is home to more than 7,000 spoken languages, reflecting the incredible diversity of human culture and communication. Yet despite this vast number, only a small fraction of these ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Python Offers Quick Interactive Calculations . Python lets me run statistical calculations much faster than I could ever do by hand. When I started on my statistics course back in ...

Oracle Corp. today unveiled MCP Server for Oracle Database, a new Model Context Protocol offering that brings artificial intelligence-powered interaction directly into its core database platform to ...

Ada, a programming language born in the late 70s, has managed to break into the top 10 of the TIOBE Index for July 2025. The sudden return of this old-timer has developers debating whether it’s a ...

A Homeland Security spokesperson has denounced as "thugs" an "independent media group" which is creating a database of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and asking people to report ...