One of the tasks given me by the Python Software Foundation as part of the Developer in Residence job was to look at the state of CPython as an active software development project. What are people working on? Which standard libraries require most work? Who…

Thirteen-year-olds saw unprecedented declines in both reading and math between 2012 and 2020, according to scores released this morning from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Consistent with several years of previous data, the results…

“Optical accelerator” devices could one day soon turbocharge tailored applications

Five members of the U.S. House Judiciary committee wrote to Amazon.com Inc's chief executive Sunday, and accused the company's top executives, including founder Jeff Bezos, of either misleading Congress or possibly lying to it about Amazon's business practices.

Starting today, new Brave users will have the search functionality in the Brave browser powered by Brave Search, giving them the privacy and independence of a search/browser alternative to Big Tech.

A college professor is expected to do all kinds of things apart from research and teaching. Those duties include cooperating with the admissions office to bring in students and working with the a...

The tech giant wants to be known for more than social media’s ills.

An analysis of current and potential kernel security mitigations Posted by Jann Horn, Project ...

The original KiCad domain name (kicad - pcb.org) was recently sold to an unnamed third party that is not affiliated with the KiCad Project or members of the KiCad Development Team. This sale was unexpected and may pose a risk to KiCad users. The new owners…

This blog post describes the optimizations enabled by -ffast-math when
compiling C or C++ code with GCC 11 for x86_64 Linux (other languages/operating
systems/CPU architectures may enable slightly different optimizations).

The most dangerous Facebook changes are hidden behind obscure press releases. This one was no different. Last week, Facebook published a a news release...

Code quality affects the mental state of a programmer, communication within their team, and the incentives attached to their work. Improve your code and you can improve your organizational health and competence as a whole.

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The woman posted a viral TikTok video explaining how she requested to see the data but wasn't expecting to receive so much.

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The bestselling novelist’s “hard science fiction” books and short stories have explored the fate of humanity—and how the universe might end.

CMA says firm ‘deliberately’ refused to supply information showing it had complied with order to separate businesses