Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Fluence Energy's industrial-scale battery systems deliver the clean, stable power that AI data centers require. Credo Technology's high-speed copper cables match fiber-optic performance at a fraction ...

Quantic Dream has opened up its upcoming fantasy MOBA for a second closed beta weekend starting from today, January 29, until 9AM UTC on Monday February 2. The closed beta is for PC only in Europe, ...

Soquel High quarterback Sam Whelan and lineman Django Daillak were chosen to represent Santa Cruz County at the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame awards banquet for their ...

Soquel’s High football team was rewarded handsomely by Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division coaches after posting another stellar season in 2025. The second-place Knights (9-2 overall, 7-1 ...

Tutorials might well be the bane of the video game industry's existence. Teaching a player how to do something is surprisingly difficult to do. Even if a developer crafts an educational and ...

Online casinos have proved to be a much stronger source of tax revenue than sports betting apps. They may be coming to a state near you. By Ben Blatt Most casinos in Las Vegas take sports bets, but ...

Lapome — A Very Django Holiday Show: 2 p.m. Sunday, Chautauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder. For nearly a decade, Lapome has been entertaining and delighting audiences in Colorado ...

In the final months of his life, the transcendent Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt despaired that he’d been forgotten, and that his singular contributions to jazz would go unrecognized. Only 43 when ...

AI is becoming an important learning resource for users of Django, the well-established Python web framework. The recently published State of Django 2025 report notes that 38% of Django Developers ...