In a bid to ease the adoption of its Kotlin programming language by Java developers, JetBrains has introduced a Java to Kotlin converter extension for Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor. Long ...

Two new novels arrive from markedly different directions, yet circle a shared concern: how stories are shaped by the systems that contain them. In "Wolf Hour," Jo Nesbø relocates his procedural ...

In her latest, A Better Life, Shriver tackles immigration and goes off the rails, which makes this an ideal moment to take stock of her novelistic gifts and ambitions. As her subjects suggest, she is ...

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...

A Maine library just turned a cookbook request into a viral moment — and it’s delightfully spicy. In one clip posted to Augusta’s Lithgow Public Library Facebook account, a woman approached the ...

China’s Moonshot AI, which is backed by the likes of Alibaba and HongShan (formerly Sequoia China), today released a new open source model, Kimi K2.5, which understands text, image, and video. The ...

Microsoft released new open-source quantum development tools, expanding the Quantum Development Kit. VS Code and GitHub Copilot now play a more central role in ...

At a gathering of the Lost Lambs, a Christian guidance club that meets every Monday and Friday at Our Lady of Suffering Church, the facilitator, Miss Priscilla Winkle, announces, “We are going to try ...

Millions of words. Thousands of authors. The Morning Star of Lingao is barely known outside China—but it contains the secret to the country’s modernization and malaise. Ma Qianzhu was unsatisfied with ...

As metaphors for the American dream go, Gabriel Tallent’s taut and engrossing second novel, “Crux,” is exceedingly direct: It’s literally a book about climbing. Its two main characters, Dan and Tamma ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Novelists committed to depicting contemporary life face an unprecedented challenge in ...