Abstract: A data compression scheme is said to be smooth if it preserves similarity. That is, under small changes in its input, the output changes little. In this paper, we focus on the smoothness of ...

State ag officials will work to improve school nutrition in Kentucky in 2026, according to priorities outlined by Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell. During the 60-day legislative ...

Microsoft and Linux are adding AI and Rust to their pipelines. Microsoft is leaning much harder into AI development than Linux. Both are expanding Rust, but neither OS will be fully Rust soon.

Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s ...

In the pre-large language model (LLM) Stack Overflow era, the challenge was discerning which code snippets to adopt and adapt effectively. Now, while generating code has become trivially easy, the ...

SHERIDAN — When Sheridan High School’s Samuel Huffman joined the Broncs football program as a freshman, the coaches saw great potential in Huffman, but he had to want to work for it. Committed to the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Amazon suggested its engineers eschew AI code generation tools from third-party companies in favor of its own, a move to bolster its proprietary Kiro service, which ...

BURLINGTON, N.C. — Two men have been charged with robbery after a Nov. 5 shooting on Huffman Mill Road in Burlington. The initial shooting happened in the 700 block of Huffman Mill Road. A 19-year-old ...

Sandra Huffman Ritenour, 82, of Rockingham, Virginia, passed away on Monday, November 10, 2025. Mrs. Ritenour was born on March 17, 1943, in Harrisonburg and was the daughter of the late Elmer Lee and ...

BURLINGTON, N.C. — A person is in critical condition after a shooting in Burlington on Wednesday evening, according to police. The Burlington Police Department said officers were called to the 700 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach EMS implemented a new policy limiting the use of lights and sirens on Priority 2 calls. Chief Jason Stroud said the change, implemented in late October, aligns ...

Michael C. Huffman, age 72, of Brownstown, passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Huffman attended Medora Baptist Church ...