Roger Ebert was a renowned film critic, and the first to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, who probably disliked some of your favorite films.
While popular shows like 'Sword Art Online,' 'Shangri‑La Frontier,' and 'Solo Leveling' chase power fantasy, this OG anime holds up because it celebrates gaming as a communal space.
Sen. Ed Markey is pressing TikTok’s new U.S. joint venture and Oracle to explain how they are protecting user data and limiting ByteDance’s influence.
NLWeb is Microsoft's open protocol for turning any website into a conversational AI app. Here's what developers need to know before Build 2026
Time as a concept seems so simple in day-to-day life, until you start talking about time travel and all the reasons that it could or could not be possible.
Starting in early spring, Lake Erie's algae situation gets so toxic that officials make sure to monitor it—but it seems far from enough.
InchFab developed compact semiconductor fabrication systems using smaller wafers to reduce manufacturing costs, simplify workforce training, and support specialized industries.
Sam Raimi will co-produce 'Tortures of the Damned,' which is said to have a bigger budget than Leone's Art the Clown franchise.
One critic called the move “petulance beyond measure.”
Looking for a minimalist outdoor adventure? You might want to ditch your bulky gear and add these mini gadgets to spice up your next camping trip instead.
SpaceX admitted its orbital AI ambitions depend heavily upon scarce GPUs and uncertain semiconductor partnerships surrounding the TeraFab project.
The company plans to launch its first router with the new standard in October.
TP-Link has launched its first Wi-Fi 8 router well ahead of the standard being finalized, and the improvements it promises over Wi-Fi 7 are worth a look.
'Anything But Ghosts,' starring Aaron Paul and Bryce Dallas Howard, has an 'Obsession' Easter egg in it.
Across two large trials, roughly 20% of people treated with bepirovirsen had undetectable levels of the virus after stopping all treatment.
Capsule coffee makers get a bad rap, but if you choose the right one, you can enjoy great-tasting drinks at home in two minutes flat.
A planned test for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket ahead of a planned flight turned into a disaster when it exploded on the launch platform.
Fable is delayed again, putting it outside the GTA blast radius.
We found the best ways to get your caffeine fix right at home.
A Turkish company claims volcanic spray technology reduces drone radar visibility using inexpensive materials and simplified stealth application methods.
Before you invest in your next gaming handheld, you should consider waiting to see what Intel is about to reveal as the future of handheld gaming.
CNN is the latest media company hauling Perplexity into court.
Keep your identity safe for $10 per month — Norton LifeLock is 16% off right now
Most gadgets rely on lithium-ion batteries, and scientists have come up with a better way of getting at lithium.
Amazon sells millions of products every day, but many other products go unsold. Find out how Amazon actually deals with unsold tech items, despite its claims.
The botnet was reportedly tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network.
What does $650 sound like, you ask? Pretty darn nice.
About 1 in 5 cases were hospitalized and most of those developed complications.
"The crown is a weight that crushes. You'll do things that spell death for all involved."
This '90s action-thriller starring Denzel Washington as a heroic cop was rejected by legendary actor Clint Eastwood due to being "too grim."
Lidl's new balcony battery lets you store solar energy to use later or in an emergency, potentially saving you money or keeping the lights on.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in OpenAI ChatGPT that leverages the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant's implicit trust in Markdown links and images to trigger...
Dozens of fake FIFA sites are out there, stealing people's data and possibly even money.
DOJ keeps accusing ICE monitoring sites of doxing, but evidence remains scarce.
The Razer Viper V4 Pro is a premium lightweight gaming mouse that delivers fantastic responsiveness in an elegant, minimalist package.
With features like a sharp 120Hz display and Ryzen Z2 Go power, this handheld can handle it all. And right now, it's down to $550.
Thermometer company ThermoWorks is putting its reputation for accuracy on the line with its first kitchen scale.
These advanced mini-LED TVs just hit shelves, and you can grab one for as much as $1,700 off.
If your Android phone's screen is glitching and displaying a vertical red line constantly for no apparent reason, you can run some tests to try and fix it.
The latest twist in paying humans to wear head cameras for robot training data.
Until recently, a driver had maybe a six in ten chance of finishing a race.
They seem to reorganize their tissues and then just keep living.
The latest AirPods Pro 3 are discounted by $20, while you can save $40 on the new second-gen AirPods Max.
BCCI bans smart sunglasses during IPL 2026 over technology fairness concerns. Board of Control for Cricket in India has reportedly barred IPL players from using smart sunglasses during IPL 2026 due to...
An unknown threat actor has been observed using a large language model (LLM) agent to conduct post-compromise actions after obtaining initial access following the exploitation of a publicly-accessible...
From the mastermind behind "Doctor Who" is this stunning dystopian nightmare that you may have missed. Find out which sci-fi drama deserves your full attention.
Sennheiser's latest flagship headphones close the gap to Bose and Sony thanks to improved sound and more effective ANC.
Drop or splash, this Ultimate Ears Bluetooth speaker ain't complaining. It's now available at a record-low price of $51.
They're more secure than you might think.
Galaxy S26 FE spotted again! A new leak suggests the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE could feature a flat display, thin bezels, and a triple rear camera setup ahead of its expected launch.
The handheld returned at $789 and $949, sold out in North America within 24 hours, and is now back with inconsistent availability.
A new crew launched to China's Tiangong space station, and one of the astronauts will stay for a year.
The $305 discount brings the price to $745, but the offer won't last long.
"I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage."
Get Dreame's H12 Pro wet/dry vacuum at a new record-low price and undercut Amazon's current deal by an extra $67.
Quit climbing ladders every six months when the sun can charge your security cameras for you.
You’re basically getting a rugged, high-end powerhouse for the price of a budget model.
Have you ever been confused by the naming of modules you're importing from a package? Is there a standard way to organize and name your Python virtual environments? This week on the show, Brett Cannon...
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of Python’s assert: Debug and Test Your Code Like a Pro. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how assertions help you debug, test, and document you...
Have you ever been confused by the naming of modules you're importing from a package? Is there a standard way to organize and name your Python virtual environments? This week on the show, Brett Cannon...
Test your understanding of Python's assert statement. Learn when to use assertions for debugging, testing, and documenting your code.
Snag 46% off on this newly launched (and huge) Toshiba TV, just in time for Father's Day.
A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed GREYVIBE has been attributed to ongoing and persistent attacks targeting Ukraine and Ukraine-related entities since at least August 2025. GREYVIBE, per W...
This is the mascot for Boston Python. It’s called Snake Way for Ducklings:My son Ben drew it, which makes me very happy. He also drew Sleepy Snake. Wearing this image on a shirt around PyCon, I had t...
Smart home devices are complex electronics, but you can usually return them, especially if you act fast. Here's how.
Shadow AI used to mean employees pasting things they shouldn't into ChatGPT. It now means something bigger: employees building full applications with AI, wiring them into production systems, and publi...
Samsung chip boom drives bonuses Samsung’s chip division has approved a massive profit-sharing bonus package for employees, avoiding a potential strike amid an AI-driven surge in global semiconductor ...
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious NuGet package that masquerades as a C# software development kit for Sicoob, one of Brazil's largest cooperative financial systems, to siphon clien...
Xiaomi 17T series debuts globally Xiaomi has launched the 17T series globally with Leica cameras, Dimensity chipsets, 1.5K AMOLED displays, and HyperOS 3.
The North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky (aka Velvet Chollima) has been attributed to a fresh set of cyber attacks targeting South Korean military and corporate entities through ...
OnePlus 16 testing reportedly underway A new leak suggests the OnePlus 16 is being tested with a high-refresh-rate display, 200MP periscope camera, and a dedicated AI button.
New Glenn was due to play a starring role in NASA's Artemis Program.
Canonical and Google Cloud announced the availability of certified Ubuntu images for Google’s Cloud TPU Virtual Machines.
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in Gogs, a popular open-source self-hosted Git service, that allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code under certain conditions. The ...
Threat actors are continuing to exploit a critical, now-patched security flaw impacting FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS) deployments to deliver credential-stealing malware. "The campaign ...
Most modern datacenters are inherently heterogeneous. VMware environments coexist with container platforms, databases, and other bare-metal workloads, often on the same hardware over several years. Se...
Microsoft has come out strongly in favor of Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD), urging the research community to share their findings and give affected vendors an opportunity to better underst...
Linux gets some relief in the absurd OS-level age verification law fiasco.
Every time you think the industry has finally stopped doing some reckless, low-effort crap, somebody spins up a fresh box full of sketchy loaders, fake installers, recycled social-engineering bait, an...
Smart enough for regular users The Realme Watch S5 delivers a balanced smartwatch experience with reliable battery life, practical features, and everyday comfort.
Instant memories never looked cooler The Fujifilm Instax Mini 13 turns everyday moments into instant keepsakes with effortless charm and retro-style fun.
The Aiper Scuba S1 is down to a new low of $509 at Walmart right now.
Noise unveils design-first ALT ecosystem Noise launches ALT ecosystem with design-focused wearable and audio devices in India.
Based on vibes, topics, or interests. YouTube will now let you use AI to build custom feeds of videos, in a move similar to competitors like Reddit, Bluesky, and TweetDeck X.Announced on Wednesday, Go...
Oura describes its new wearable as the 'world's smallest' smart ring.
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of BNF Notation: Dive Deeper Into Python’s Grammar. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to read Python’s grammar rules, recognize terminals an...
Test your understanding of BNF notation and how to read Python's grammar rules in the official documentation.
Sharma created three fake Instagram accounts and a YouTube channel to humiliate the survivor
Dealing with the summer heat can be as easy as using a reliable tower fan. I tested 14 of the newest tower fans to see which has the best airflow, sound profile, energy efficiency and features.
The purpose of this guide is to highlight the key differences between Apache Spark 3 and Spark 4, and provide advice on how to plan a migration. Let’s get started. The biggest changes Let’s talk about...
Your app works fine with one user. You open a second browser tab and the data is wrong. Your tests pass individually but fail when run together. The culprit: a global object created at module scope. H...
If you're home alone, don't let security fears take your peace of mind: This technology can help.
Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton confirmed that in a Reddit AMA recently.
Developers now benefit from consistency and repeatability for cutting-edge workflows, including agentic AI. Today, Canonical announced the release of Workshop, a solution for launching development env...
Mozilla's new AI browsing mode is in limited beta, and it's more capable than I expected.
With an extra expansion battery included, this Anker Solix bundle is about $500 cheaper than configuring the same setup at Anker.
Advances in adapters mean you could ditch Wi-Fi for better performance.
This is a guest post from Iulia Feroli, founder of the Back To Engineering YouTube community. In this tutorial, we build a live object detection app using TensorFlow and PyCharm, then deploy it...
You probably found this tutorial because you want to send emails with Python to automate confirmation messages, password resets, or scheduled notifications. Python’s standard library covers the whole ...
Learn how to send emails with Python using SMTP, attach files, format HTML messages, and personalize bulk emails for your contact list.
Most home devices never fully turn off; they just go quiet while still drawing power. I tested mine, and the biggest offender genuinely shocked me.
Amazon's Ring storefront is cutting prices on video doorbells right now, with models starting at just $50.
Follow along with the Gizmodo crew as we unpack everything announced at the annual computer show held in Taipei, Taiwan.
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of Sending Emails With Python. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to build messages with the EmailMessage class, secure your SMTP connection,...
Use Python's standard library to send email through secure SMTP connections, attach files, include HTML content, and route replies.
Powerful home safes offer flood protection, remote control and other advanced features.
Python's random module provides utilities for generating pseudorandom numbers. For cryptographically-secure randomness, use the secrets module instead. Table of contents Gen...
The incoming driver would let you move data between two computers over a USB4 cable without needing a network interface.
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a new open protocol that allows AI models to interact with external systems in a standardized, extensible way. In this video course, you’ll install MCP, explore its...
Build an MCP server in Python that exposes tools, resources, and prompts so AI agents like Cursor can interact with your data.
Test what you know about the Model Context Protocol by reviewing MCP servers, clients, tools, resources, and prompts in Python.
Test your understanding of Python testing with unittest, pytest, mock, code quality tools, and CI with GitHub Actions in 20 questions.
Practice creating statistical plots in Python with seaborn. Compare the classic functional interface with the newer objects interface.
Test your understanding of Python's built-in data structures: strings, lists, tuples, dictionaries, sets, sorting, and bytes in 20 questions.
Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.
In the lead-up to Ubuntu Summit 26.04, Canonical and Arm are collaborating to certify the new Arm AGI CPU on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon). Learn what this means for developers and agentic AI.
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...
Memorial Day is almost over and smart home discounts are about to go with it.
Tells Linux users to either pay up or get stuck on an aging, unsupported version forever.
Topics covered in this episode: Dumb Ways for an Open Source Project to Die How to create a pylock.toml lockfile https://github.com/facebook/Lifeguard Choosing a Python Logging Library in 2026 Extr...
They are working on a new project called 'baltobu', which will reverse-engineer Bambu's proprietary components.
Firefox's PDF viewer just got a feature that online tools have been charging for.
DB says it was not intentional, and the block seems to have been fixed.
Amazon has big savings on new Ecobee video doorbells, smart thermostats and more.
Open source thrives on engineering-driven processes. Fast feedback loops, terminal tools, Git workflows: they’re the lifeblood of how we build software in the open. But for software to truly excel, we...
I’ve yet to meet a developer that enjoys working with metered AI APIs. The need to pay for every API call in development works in direct opposition to the ethos of rapid iteration, and it’s easy for t...
A local privilege escalation (LPE) security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, codename “PinTheft,” was publicly disclosed on May 19, 2026. The vulnerability was fixed in the mainline Linux kernel tre...
Canonical has announced the general availability of Managed Kubeflow on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. This fully managed MLOps platform allows enterprise AI teams to deploy a production-ready envir...
Welcome to this blog series which explores innovative uses of Ubuntu Core. Throughout this series, Canonical’s Engineers will show what you can build with this Core 26 release, highlighting the featur...
Topics include Using Django Tasks in production, , PyPI packages are increasing rapidly, and httpx2.
What if your database worked more like Git? Every change captured as an immutable event you can replay, instead of a single mutating row that quietly forgets its own history. That's event sourcing, an...
Topics include httpxyz one month in, Learn concurrency - a deep dive into multithreading with Python, pip 26.1 - lockfiles and dependency cooldowns, and Python 3.15 `sentinal` values from PEP 661.
It makes it easier to record yourself from afar with the higher-quality rear cameras.
The EliteBoard sure will make some IT managers out there happy, though.
The feature would allow users to get into a safe position or call for help.
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...
Topics include profiling-explorer, Reverting the incremental GC in Python 3.14 and 3.15, , and django freeze.
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, ...
The cloud is convenient until it isn't. You upload your photos, sync your contacts, click through the cookie banners. Then prices go up again or you read about a family that lost their entire Google a...
When you are developing a user interface, it can be valuable to have a log of what’s going on. Creating a log in Textual, a text-based user interface, is even easier than creating one for wxPython or ...
Topics include Django Modern Rest, , Cutting Python Web App Memory Over 31%, and tryke - A Rust-based Ptyhon test runner with a Jest-style API.
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...
The OWASP Top 10 just got a fresh update, and there are some big changes: supply chain attacks, exceptional condition handling, and more. Tanya Janca is back on Talk Python to walk us through every si...
When you pip install a package with compiled code, the wheel you get is built for CPU features from 2009. Want newer optimizations like AVX2? Your installer has no way to ask for them. GPU support? Yo...
Topics include Migrating from mypy to ty: Lessons from FastAPI, Oxyde ORM, Typeshedded CPython docs, and Raw+DC Database Pattern: A Retrospective.
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...
When you type a question into ChatGPT, the model only has what you typed to work with. But tools like Claude Code can plan, iterate, test, and recover from mistakes. They work more like we do. The dif...
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...
Topics include Lock the Ghost, Fence for Sandboxing, MALUS: Liberate Open Source, and Harden your GitHub Actions Workflows with zizmor, dependency pinning, and dependency cooldowns.
If you read my Fire and Forget (or Never) about Python and asynchronous programming, you could think it’s a super odd edge case. But a reader/listener, Richard, pointed me at Will McGugan’s article Th...
If you've built documentation in the Python ecosystem, chances are you've used Martin Donath's work. His Material for MKDocs powers docs for FastAPI, uv, AWS, OpenAI, and tens of thousands of other pr...
In this episode, we hear from two sisters who put together a beginner’s book about Python. The unique hook for their book is that one sister wrote the text while the other did the illustrations. Liste...
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 ...
Topics include Starlette 1.0.0, Astral to join OpenAI, , and Fire and forget (or never) with Python’s asyncio.
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...
When LLMs write code to accomplish a task, that code has to actually run somewhere. And right now, the options aren't great. Spin up a sandboxed container and you're paying a full second of cold start...
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...
Textual is a great Python user interface package. Textual lets you create a GUI-like interface in your terminal. You can use many different widgets in Textual. However, the widget you will be focusing...
Topics include , refined-github, , and Agentic Engineering Patterns.
Monorepos -- you've heard the talks, you've read the blog posts, maybe you've seen a few tantalizing glimpses into how Google or Meta organize their massive codebases. But it's often in the abstract a...
Topics include Setting up a Python monorepo with uv workspaces, cattrs, Learning to program in the AI age, and VS Code extension.
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. ...
I’ve been bewildered by the wide range of experiences that software developers observe when working with AI. This has led many of us to outright reject AI for coding. There are reasons for this varian...
Python has had type hinting support since Python 3.5, over TEN years ago! However, Python’s type annotations have changed repeatedly over the years. In Python Typing: Type Checking for Python Programm...
TL;DR: You can’t stop people from using AI or put it back in the box. Blocking AI crawlers feels satisfying but just makes you invisible to users who rely on AI recommendations. This post covers the ...
TL;DR: Run pip-audit in an isolated Docker container before installing updated dependencies on your dev machine. Build a reusable pipauditdocker image and alias pip-audit-proj to test requirements.tx...