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JavaScript Types: What Are They and How Do You Check Them?

As with almost every programming language, JavaScript treats various types of values differently. A string like “Hello world” is very different from a number like 42. But what types are available, and ...
InfoQ

Claude Opus 4.6 Introduces Adaptive Reasoning and Context Compaction for Long-Running Agents

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 introduces "Adaptive Thinking" and a "Compaction API" to solve context rot in long-running agents. The model supports a 1M token context window with 76% multi-needle ...
Quanta Magazine

String theory

Promise and controversy continues to surround string theory as a potential unified theory of everything. In the latest episode of The Joy of Why, Cumrun Vafa discusses his progress in trying to find ...
CNET

Behind the stunning stop-motion magic of 'Kubo and the Two Strings'

Director Travis Knight reveals how the puppet masters at Laika combine CGI, 3D printing and other high-tech techniques with time-honoured stop-motion storytelling. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV ...