The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

A new trend in Silicon Valley, vibe coding, is driving an exponential acceleration in how quickly engineers can develop products and algorithms. This approach aligns with principles outlined by Google ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...