Java 26, due in March with structured concurrency, lazy constants, AOT object caching, and primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch, has entered a second rampdown phase for bug fixes. Java ...

Wizards of the Coast’s first Dungeons & Dragons release of 2026 is a quiet one: On Jan. 15, Wizards published four new subclasses as Unearthed Arcana (UA) playtest materials. Unlike some other more ...

Dungeons and Dragons is a setting full of magic. Indeed, of the 12 core classes in the game, 8 are spellcasters, with only 4 of them relying purely on martial abilities. Magic can summon allies, rain ...

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...