Ohio libraries are facing a perfect storm of funding challenges

As Ohioans clamor for property tax reform and lawmakers take notice, libraries across the state are collectively holding ...
News-Gazette

Having fun on Illinois 1 | Ridge Farm library growing again for future generations

Jennie Sollars, current president of the board, and her mother, Diane Dawson, treasurer, were among those tasked with saving ...
MIT Technology Review

OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher

An exclusive conversation with OpenAI’s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, about his firm's new grand challenge and the future of AI.

Heroic librarian, born on this day in 1906, brought light to Japanese children in internment camps

Breed, San Diego's city librarian for 25 years, became a connection to children she met on the job after they were sent away to the camps.
InfoWorld

9 reasons Java is still great

Java has endured radical transformations in the technology landscape and many threats to its prominence. What makes this technology so great, and what does the future hold for Java?

Washoe library board votes for new director from Pennsylvania

A former East Coast library director, Lisa McClure, was selected as Washoe County's new library director on March 2, pending ...
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 25, the final feature set includes 10 JEPs, five of which are still ...

Java 26 with JVM optimizations, HTTP/3, and finally no Applet API

The current OpenJDK 26 is strategically important and not only brings exciting innovations but also eliminates legacy issues like the outdated Applet API.