President Dwight Eisenhower spoke at the United Nations about the destructive nature of the atomic bomb and urged the peaceful use of atomic energy. This is a portion of the speech known as "Atoms for ...

BILATERAL (or “bilat,” for short): Private meetings between high-ranking officials of two countries. Many UNGA veterans argue that the gathering's real value lies in these tête-à-têtes and other ...

A game about replacing human labour with drones could be seen as a bit insensitive at a time when there's so much controversy ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

This primer is tailored for individuals new to macroeconomic policy analysis, including policymakers, economic analysts, and other professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of macroeconomic ...

Zig is a popular systems-oriented language that is serious about replacing C. Here's what you need to know about Zig. The Zig programming language continues its gradual advance into the world of ...

Jensen Huang said people programming AI is similar to the way "you program a person." Speaking at London Tech Week, the Nvidia CEO said all anyone had to do to program AI was "just ask nicely." He ...

In early 2023, Matt Welsh wrote an opinion piece in Communications of the ACM that described programmers as dinosaurs waiting for the meteor to hit. Welsh, now director of AI Systems at Palantir ...

The Student Assembly passed a resolution stating that once the Cornell administration approves a performer, it cannot rescind their invitation “except as contractually allowed” during the Assembly’s ...