Abstract: A novel frequency-multiplexed Barker-coded Φ-OTDR is proposed. This system achieves a fourfold increase in interrogation repetition rate and nearly 5 dB SNR gain over the Golay-coded case, ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is resurrecting a major busway project and three bike lane overhauls that were pulled by the Adams administration. The mayor announced a plan to redesign the Bronx's ...

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says AI will reach "human-level performance" in white-collar work. He predicts most tasks in that field can be automated within the next 12 to 18 months. Several ...

Abstract: Engineering students often face challenges designing digital tools for underserved communities due to limited understanding of local user contexts, particularly in cross-cultural and remote ...

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 ...

The day will remain in Italian memory forever. Italy has developed into a powerful cricketing nation although football remains its primary sport. The Italian team achieved victory over Nepal by 10 ...

A range of new projects announced on Friday will reverse decisions made by the Adams administration and help the new mayor fulfill his vow to speed up buses in New York. By Dana Rubinstein and ...

Nothing wants to make an ecosystem of AI-generated apps, but it has a long way to go. Nothing wants to make an ecosystem of AI-generated apps, but it has a long way to go. is a London-based reporter ...

Andrej Karpathy introduces “agentic engineering,” arguing that directing A.I. agents now defines modern software development. Photo by Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The ...

Xcode 26.1 AI was unusable. Xcode 26.3 AI is a big leap. AI-driven migration delivered massive change in under two days. One rule fixed it: no background agents, frequent status updates. I am sure ...