In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...

If you own a smartphone, this moment eventually arrives. A warning pops up saying your storage is almost full. Photos stop syncing. Apps slow down. Suddenly, you are deleting emails, clearing messages ...

Anthropic launches AI agents to review developer pull requests. Internal tests tripled meaningful code review feedback. Automated reviews may catch critical bugs humans miss. Anthropic today announced ...

When it comes to coding, peer feedback is crucial for catching bugs early, maintaining consistency across a codebase, and improving overall software quality. The rise of “vibe coding” — using AI tools ...

In some schools, Yondr, a pouch marketed to keep kids off devices, has proved no match for actual children. Yondr’s tech pouches have become a de facto solution for schools across the country ...

Give it a go before you give it up. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac For the first time in 18 years, Apple redesigned the oft-overlooked Phone app. The overhaul in iOS 26 simplifies the Phone app’s ...

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...

It’s a familiar moment in math class—students are asked to solve a problem, and some jump in confidently while others freeze, unsure where to begin. When students don’t yet have a clear mental model ...

A dad of two has been found dead inside a trash compactor at a CVS drugstore — and cops discovered his body after his worried wife tracked his cellphone location. Andrew Strand, 34, was carrying out ...