Water plays a major role in keeping data centers cool, but how it is used and how much is consumed depend on the facility's design and surroundings.
SkyFall unveils the faster P1-SUN Jetkiller interceptor as Ukraine responds to increasingly common Russian jet-powered Shahed drone attacks effectively.
A pricey new router may not fix slow speeds or high latency when Wi-Fi itself is the problem, but a simple DIY setup can deliver a steadier connection.
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UFORCE and RECONCRAFT will manufacture MAGURA naval drones in America, expanding production of Ukraine's combat-tested unmanned maritime platform significantly.
The dangers associated with space travel are uncountable, but an array of powerful permanent magnets may solve one of the more persistent problems.
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Hot Toys, Sideshow, and Hasbro debuted some incredibly detailed 'Avengers: Doomsday' figures.
If you're in the market for new smart bulbs, there are plenty of options to pick from, such as Philips Hue and the similarly titled Philips Hue Essentials.
While many are arguing whether liquid cooling is better than air, there are those who are concerned with the noise they produce because fans can get loud.
With one famous version of 'The Mist' already in audiences' minds, Flanagan knows he's got to conjure up a new, equally terrifying take.
WEKA combines NeuralMesh 6 with WEKApod 3, using compression and 1,800 Micron SSDs to claim 1.1 exabytes per rack.
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Motorola phones can offer solid value - especially on a budget - but some compromises become more noticeable after the initial savings have worn off.
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Anker's Soundcore line has been a popular consumer line, but now the company has announced it will be discontinuing the branding. Here's what it means.
You can decide for yourself on Tuesday whether 'Supergirl' was dealt a bad hand, or in September if you want a physical copy.
It feels like companies focus too much on maximizing their revenue by making products that don't last, forcing consumers to replace them every couple of months.
The 30-minute activation is themed to the upcoming DC show, premiering on August 16.
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When it comes to having the smoothest, flattest foldable display, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra does very well — but there’s another phone that does it even better.
For years, "Django and async" came with an asterisk. The docs themselves warned you off it. Scary performance notes, a story that felt half-finished. Well, that story just got rewritten, literally, an...
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The Prime Video series adaptation of Stephen King's 1974 novel arrives on October 7.
Lenovo has launched new Legion-branded gaming gear, including a metallic Hall effect keyboard and a 59g mouse that both support 8,000Hz polling.
Google says it'll be giving rather than taking water when it comes to data center use within four years.
How abrupt is Doctor Doom coming to the MCU? It might not be as sudden as fans believe.
If you want to tweak your Android Auto settings, the software has a developer menu you can check out.
The 2026 World Cup's biggest moment online wasn't the final - Cloudflare says what time you woke up to watch dictated browsing habits significantly.
My latest fun project is a BASIC interpreter called Acidica. Classic BASIC is an old-school language first developed in 1964 that saw an explosion of implementations on microcomputers in the ‘70s and...
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Avengers: Doomsday, Ghost Rider, Black Panther III, Deadpool and more, here's everything that happened.
Vans have been relatively slow to adopt electrification, but the new Mercedes VLE shows that van lovers are finally getting some greener choices.
A high-severity flaw in Zimbra allowed Russian criminals easy access, where they stole important secrets.
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Asus’ latest thin-and-light laptop pairs a premium OLED panel with a Ryzen AI processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD.
Old school style, old school vibes. SonicTree is for people who like browse music files in folders the way they are stored on the disk.
The 2026 edition of the EuroPython conference took place both online and in person in July 2026. This was the fourth conference under our current Code of Conduct (CoC), and we had Code of Conduct work...
Qualcomm has informed customers of double-digit chip price increases effective September 1, 2026, citing exhausted supplier cost absorption and failed alternative sourcing.
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A malvertising operation dubbed SourTrade is making victims' browsers build the final Windows executable themselves, using a legitimate Bun runtime as its base instead of serving one complete maliciou...
The latest findings could come with a fine of up to six percent of TikTok's annual revenue.
SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight.
Building your solar panel system with some extra capacity makes managing it a bit easier.
A company spokesperson said that it's "still exploring all our options for the best approach."
If you need to juice up your phone in a hurry, there are more effective tactics than turning on airplane mode.
Extra savings on Mars 2.0, Horizon and Alpha models.
Qualcomm, the maker of processors powering numerous Android devices, is raising its prices.
Smart plugs are convenient, but they’re not appropriate for everything. Here are the tools and appliances you should never connect to a smart plug.
Security firms ThreatBook and Imperva say attackers are targeting a critical flaw in Fastjson, Alibaba's JSON library for Java. In affected Spring Boot applications, a malicious JSON request can execu...
OpenAI calls its autonomous Hugging Face breach unprecedented, while security and AI experts say the episode raises an equally uncomfortable question about the company’s own safeguards.
Museums are embracing data-driven curation and a shifting technology landscape.
Researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta aren't providing data they're legally required to.
For years, phishing campaigns targeting financial institutions followed the same playbook. Victims were tricked into entering usernames and passwords, attackers collected the credentials, and accounts...
Threat actors linked to the Cl0p (aka Chubby Scorpius, FIN11, Graceful Spider, and Lace Tempest) ransomware campaign are exploiting flaws in internet-exposed PTC Windmill and FlexPLM deployments as pa...
The operators of the DevMan ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme are maintaining a dedicated web platform that offers affiliates the ability to build payloads, oversee earnings, and manage various as...
Security researcher Yuhang Wu at depthfirst has published a working proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that executes commands as git on an unpatched self-managed GitLab 18.11.3 server. An ordinary authen...
As usual, Canonical is using an interim release to test features headed for the next LTS. Her, we keep a track of the features as they are added.
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 delivers Claude Fable 5-like AI performance for coding and knowledge work at half the price, making advanced AI more affordable. Anthropic has unveiled Claude Opus 5, offerin...
"Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so."
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5 with major coding improvements, the same API price as Opus 4.8, and performance close to Fable 5 in some tests.
“Halting this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory," NY AG said.
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Take advantage of a new all-time low price on the StreamMaster Plus 2 and get a large projector screen as a bonus.
New delay on Copernicus satellite pics comes as US ramps up war with Iran again.
Luckily, a fix is already out, shipped as a security update.
Google's AlphaFold can help ID what parts of a gene editing protein enable mistakes.
While many projects are warming up to AI, Codeberg went the other way.
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Claude is much faster than OpenAI gpt-5 and also faster than gpt-5-mini
Most organizations already understand encryption at rest and encryption in transit. These controls are mature, widely deployed, and often explicitly referenced in security frameworks. However, runtime...
The North Korean threat actors behind the ClickFix-style campaigns that employ typosquatted Zoom and Microsoft Teams domains have been found to operate an active phishing kit to impersonate the videoc...
Researchers H0j3n and Aniq Fakhrul published a working exploit on July 24 that lets a low-privileged Active Directory user obtain a certificate for a Domain Controller and authenticate as that machine...
British Gas is cutting 1,300 customer service roles as its CEO argues that people are moving toward digital channels and AI tools.
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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in OpenAI's ChatGPT Workspace Agents that could have allowed a single phishing link to stealthily build, authorize, and deploy an auto...
A crafted SVG submitted to Bing's image search ran commands as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Microsoft's production image-processing workers, and as root on the Linux machines in the same fleet. XBOW's test...
Meet Alex, an Android developer. In this article, we’ll follow Alex through their day to show you how Anbox Cloud supports Alex from feature development to release. Alex’s focus for today is building ...
In just one month, developers, maintainers, educators, and Django enthusiasts from around the world will gather in Chicago for DjangoCon US 2026. DjangoCon US is more than a conference, it's a place t...
Flipkart is preparing to enter India's food delivery market, taking on Swiggy and Zomato after expanding its quick commerce business. Flipkart is reportedly set to launch its own food delivery service...
Whether Dorsey or GitHub will now approach an Indian court over Bitchat is unclear. Given how the 2022 case played out for Twitter.
Intel has moved 14A risk production to 2027 and plans to begin high-volume manufacturing in 2028, one year earlier than previously reported.
Google is rolling out Gemini Spark to users on the $20 Pro plan in the US. The AI agent will roll out to Pro users in more countries soon.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Galaxy Watch9 are now available for pre-order in India with AI-powered health tracking and expanded Samsung Care+ support. Samsung has launched pre-orders for the Galax...
For salaried employees, pensioners, and anyone with straightforward income, July 31 is the date. If you perchance miss it, the paperwork gets more expensive. Don't wait for belated returns.
LG has agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up ad in its Monitor App Installer after weeks of user complaints and a direct nudge from Microsoft chief Pavan Davuluri.
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 has become a more value-for-money foldable in India, with bank discounts making it a cheaper alternative to the newly launched Galaxy Z Fold 8. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is...
Firefox now lets users keep cookies, logins, and browsing sessions apart through native Containers.
Codeberg recently changed its terms to exclude projects that are largely written with generative AI. Since I want GitHub to face competition I have thoughts. Codeberg is entirely within its rights to...
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Its newest version pulls in improvements from CODE 26.04, so there's AI involved.
Torvalds's love-hate relationship with AI continues.
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The inaugural Python Packaging Council Election nomination period opens next week on Tuesday, July 28th, 2:00 pm UTC and closes on Tuesday, August 11th, 2:00 pm UTC. The Python Packaging Council (PP...
Google has introduced selfie video verification to simplify account recovery, sign-in, and identity verification for Google Account users. Google now lets users verify their identity with a selfie vid...
Boat Nirvana Eutopia 2 ANC launches with 45dB Adaptive Hybrid ANC, dual drivers, Hi-Res Audio and 3D Spatial Audio. Boat has launched the Nirvana Eutopia 2 ANC headphones with dual drivers, Hi-Res Aud...
OnePlus N6x will launch in India on July 31 with a redesigned rear panel, marking the company's next budget smartphone debut. OnePlus has confirmed the OnePlus N6x will launch in India on July 31, alo...
The departures come just months after the project flagged burnout as a growing risk.
Ring’s newest spotlight camera is a versatile security maestro, but you may want to adjust some settings when using it.
Who runs for the PSF Board? People who care about the Python community, who want to see it flourish and grow, and also have a few hours a month to attend regular meetings, serve on committees, partici...
Get a beautiful, unified view of what drives and locations are on your computer in Nautilus file manager with this plugin.
The inaugural Python Packaging Council election nomination period opens on Tuesday, July 28th, 2:00 pm UTC and closes on Tuesday, August 11th, 2:00 pm UTC.
Django 6.1 release candidate 1 is now available. It represents the final opportunity for you to try out the version that offers a harmonious mélange of new features and usability improvements, before ...
Learn how PEP 751 standardizes Python lock files with pylock.toml: generate one with pip or uv, install it with uv or pdm, and retire requirements.txt.
Learn FastAPI from the ground up. Build REST APIs, serve web pages with Jinja2 templates, and create a complete URL shortener project in Python.
It's a pyramid-shaped Orange Pi 4 Pro that ships with OpenClaw or Hermes preloaded and now talks back so you get that "Iron Man" feel.
The final patent, active in Brazil, expired on July 19, 2026.
Canonical introduces a new way to manage software behind firewalls and in air-gapped environments with the Enterprise Store. The Enterprise Store makes software distribution manageable and scalable be...
Learn Python's built-in functions for math, data types, iterables, and I/O, and when to use each to write more Pythonic code.
Topics covered in this episode: django-orjson Best Django Redis configuration for speed and size Linus Torvalds puts the foot down against Anti-AI Kernel Maintainers Django Steering Council backs t...
Getting an affordable smart telescope, like the Dwarf Mini or Seestar S30, is easier and more rewarding than I thought.
Learn how to use NumPy reshape() in Python to change an array's shape, add or remove dimensions, and control how the data is rearranged.
Always-on devices can quietly boost your energy use. Here are some settings to change — and some devices you might want to unplug — to avoid wasting energy and money.
At $299, the Windmill three-in-one air purifier brings cleaner air and smart features to your home for less.
How many attempts have been made to remove Python's Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)? How do they compare to the current approach? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of ...
How Canonical Support helped a global retail organization trace the cause for an unusual memory leak originating in PID 1. By investigating the issue across three separate system layers our team was a...
Learn how to write a CLAUDE.md file for Claude Code, with global, project, and local examples that capture your Python commands and conventions.
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Learn how to write reusable Python mixin classes, distinguish them from abstract base classes, and steer clear of common pitfalls.
Learn Python with a Book Designed for Beginners Hello! I’m Michael Driscoll, and I’m excited to announce the third edition of Python 101. For years, Python 101 has helped readers take their first step...
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Topics covered in this episode: The trusted-publishing debate: how to do it right vs. why you shouldn't trust it JupyterLab 4.6 and Notebook 7.6 are out! Tau – new small, readable terminal coding ...
Coding agents have gotten really good at one kind of work. You scope a feature, edit some files, run the tests, ship it. It all happens on disk. But that is not how data work feels. You load something...
Learn LangGraph in Python with hands-on examples and build stateful, multi-agent AI agents that manage memory, cycles, and complex LLM workflows.
Introduction A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel was publicly disclosed on July 6, 2026. The vulnerability was assigned CVE ID CVE-2026-53359 and is referred to...
Have you ever wanted to create a presentation in your computer’s terminal? While this is an uncommon need, a clever open source developer has provided a solution to this problem! The project is called...
How can you improve your LLM agent systems through specification enrichment? What are the advantages of having an LLM act as a judge within an agent system? This week on the show, Senior IEEE Member a...
You ask an AI a question and it answers with total confidence. Most of the time, a confidently wrong answer is just an annoyance. But what if the question is medical, and there's a real patient on the...
Modern infrastructure teams are expected to deliver cloud-like speed, consistency, and reliability, even when their workloads run on physical servers. Bare metal remains essential for many environment...
I am happy to announce that my latest book, Python Typing, is now available on all platforms. You can get your copy on Gumroad or Leanpub or Amazon Python has had type hinting support since Python 3.5...
I am happy to announce that my latest book, Python Typing, is now available on all platforms. You can get your copy on Gumroad or Leanpub or Amazon Python has had type hinting support since Python 3.5...
A platform is an environment that allows software to run smoothly across the infrastructure, runtime, and application layers. The key word there is “smoothly”: a good platform connects those layers so...
Topics covered in this episode: dust - a better du Hermes Agent: The AI agent that grows with you llm-coding-agent 0.1a0 Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our...
Canonical is pleased to share its latest research report, “The open source chain of trust.” Based on a survey of 500 DevOps professionals, the report highlights how organizations approach their open s...
In the traditional automotive world, teams often work in silos: the cybersecurity experts lock down the ports, the quality assurance teams hunt for bugs, and the functional safety engineers track the ...
Topics include Free-threaded Python: past, present, and future, django-admin-site-search, Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development, and.
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🔔 Update (June 30, 2026) Great news, the maintainer, Dhruv Bhanushali (@dhruvkb), saw this post and is fixing the PyPI confusion. The Rust version is being published to PyPI agai...
This episode is a fun crossover from our Python news and tips podcast, Python Bytes. We have had some big changes over there. Brian Okken has moved on and Calvin Hendryx-Parker has joined the show as ...
Topics include Backup Docker volumes locally or to any S3, Pyodide 314.0 Release, nb-cli, and Hindsight.
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OpenAI just acquired Astral, the company behind uv, Ruff, and ty. And if your first thought was "wait, is uv toast?", you are not alone. But here's the twist Charlie Marsh shared with me: he thinks th...
Topics include pi superpowers, Warp.dev OhMyZSH, Blink mosh tmux, Claude code, MacWhisper Handy, and Tailscale.
If you've ever been to PyCon, you know one of the best parts of the expo hall is Startup Row, a stretch of booths where early-stage companies built on Python show off what they're creating. But only a...
In previous articles on this website, you learned how to extract EXIF data from JPG image files. This week, you will learn how to get similar data from the TIFF image format. The TIFF format also has ...
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You wake up, brew the coffee, open GitHub, and there it is. Another pull request on your open source project. Thirteen thousand lines added. No issue filed first. No discussion. Just "here, please rev...
Your documentation has two audiences now - humans reading the rendered HTML, and AI agents trying to make sense of your library. Rich Iannone and Michael Chow from Posit are back on Talk Python with a...
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When OpenAI trained GPT-3, they didn't roll their own orchestration layer. They used Ray, an open source Python framework born out of the same Berkeley research lab lineage that gave us Apache Spark. ...
Last month, you learned the basics of Textual’s DOM queries. If you missed it, you can read the article now! In this tutorial you will be learning about the following topics: The DOMQuery object Getti...
I always thought it would be fun to create my own open source libraries or applications and distribute them somehow. When I started writing my book, Creating TUI Applications with Textual and Python, ...
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In this article, you will learn how to query the DOM in Textual. You will discover that the DOM keeps track of all the widgets in your application. By running queries against the DOM, you can find wid...
You will sometimes come across examples of code that use one or two asterisks. Depending on how the asterisks are used, they can mean different things to Python. Check your understanding of what a sin...
tl;dr; I cut 3.2 GB of memory usage from our Python web apps using five techniques: async workers, import isolation, the Raw+DC database pattern, local imports for heavy libraries, and disk-based cach...
TL;DR; After migrating three production Python web apps from MongoEngine to the Raw+DC database pattern, I measured nearly 2x the requests per second, 18% less memory, and gained native async support....
TL;DR; I converted Python Bytes from Quart/Flask to the Rust-backed Robyn framework and benchmarked it with Locust. There was no meaningful speed or memory improvement - and Robyn actually used more ...
TL;DR; Chameleon-robyn is a new Python package I created that brings Chameleon template support to the Robyn web framework. If you prefer Chameleon’s structured, HTML-first approach over Jinja and wan...
TL;DR; Python’s asyncio.create_task() can silently garbage collect your fire-and-forget tasks starting in Python 3.12 - they may never run. The fix: store task references in a set and register a done...
TL;DR; No - AI won’t kill open source, but it will reshape it. Small, single-purpose packages (micro open source) are likely to languish as AI agents write trivial utility code on the fly. But major f...
Have you heard that the age of hyper-personal software is upon us? Typically what people mean is that agentic AI allows the creation of simple and small software built by individuals, often not super ...
Recently I have started going Raw+DC on my databases. I think I love it. Let me explain. TL;DR; After 25+ years championing ORMs, I’ve switched to raw database queries paired with Python dataclasses. ...
TL;DR: I built Command Book, a native macOS app that gives your long-running terminal commands a permanent home. Free to download at commandbookapp.com. Terminal pain points I’ve been a terminal powe...
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