Ivy League teacher makes students use typewriters to fight against AI-written work

Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the ...
IEEE

The Impact of Unit Test Quality on Software Development: Controlled Experiment

Abstract: This paper presents the results of an empirical study investigating the impact of unit test quality on the following aspects of software development: the development time, the ability to ...
trains

Metra to test new fare collection program at downtown stations

Metra trains await action at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago. Metra will start checking tickets before passengers board some trains at downtown stations in a pilot program ...
SiliconANGLE

OpenAI acquires open-source Python tooling startup Astral

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...
ZME Science

FAA Approves a Massive Pilot Program That Will Let Electric Air Taxis Fly Across 26 States as Early as This Summer

A generic eVTOL concept. Credit: DEWESoft. It’s 2026, where are my flying cars? You might not have to wait too long. Although it feels like the promise of electric air taxis never left the shiny tech ...
UPI

FAA launches air taxi test program in 26 states

March 9 (UPI) --The Federal Aviation Administration is launching a pilot program for use of air taxis across 26 states to allow for real-world testing of what it calls "an exciting window into the ...
WAND

Illinois continues first-in-the-nation free test prep program

(WAND) - The Illinois Student Assistance Commission and global education company Kaplan announced that Illinois' first in the nation free text preparation program, Prepare for Illinois' Future Program ...