This free app is a simpler version of Microsoft 365

LibreOffice is a free and open-source alternative to Microsoft 365 and includes similar apps and features. It's compatible ...
The Grand Island Independent

Rome's Colosseum gets a fresh look, recreating footprints of long-gone columns

The project focused on a semicircular piazza outside the arena, where spectators crowded under two arcades comprised of ...
InfoQ

Java 26 Delivers Language Innovation, Library Improvements, Performance and Security

Oracle has released version 26 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the first non-LTS release since JDK ...
Computerworld

11 cool things Copilot can do in Excel

Microsoft has woven its generative AI technology throughout Microsoft 365, the company’s productivity suite. Its Copilot AI assistant is most often used in M365 apps for text-oriented actions, such as ...
The Washington Post

No view or cozy nook? An ambiance video can zhuzh up your reading time.

On a summer day, sitting near the window of his study at his home in Oxford, England, J.R.R. Tolkien paused while grading papers to scribble the first sentence of his first novel: “In a hole in the ...
Popular Science

Can animals read? Not in the human way.

🛍️ Amazon Big Spring Sale: 100+ editor-approved deals worth buying right now 🛍️ By Clarissa Brincat Published Jan 5, 2026 9:01 AM EST Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a ...
The New Yorker

Dyslexia and the Reading Wars

In 2024, my niece Caroline received a Ph.D. in gravitational-wave physics. Her research interests include “the impact of model inaccuracies on biases in parameters recovered from gravitational wave ...
Education Week

Yes, Small-Group Reading Instruction Works. But Use It Wisely

Small-group instruction has been a popular component of K-3 literacy education for many years. However, there are inevitable trade-offs. Too much reliance on small-group instruction means that ...
New York Post

Lexus SUV Karen Read was accused of using to fatally mow down her cop boyfriend to be auctioned off

The Lexus SUV that Karen Read was driving the night she was accused of mowing down her Boston cop boyfriend in 2022 is going up for auction next month. Read, 45, was at the center of a whirlwind trial ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft says new Outlook can't open some Excel attachments

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that prevents some users from opening Excel email attachments in the new Outlook client. According to a service alert (EX1189359) seen by BleepingComputer ...
KHON2

HPD using mounted license plate reading cameras in parts of Waikiki and Downtown

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Honolulu Police have been using license plate reading cameras in their patrol cars for years. But they’ve recently started mounting them in fixed locations. And if police had their ...
phillyvoice.com

Social media use hurts preteens' development of reading and memory skills

In case parents needed another reason to police their children's screen time, new research shows that social media use is hurting preteens' memory and reading skills. The new study, published Monday ...