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The secret Python switch: How one flag makes your scripts run faster

When you're trying to get the best performance out of Python, most developers immediately jump to complex algorithmic fixes, using C extensions, or obsessively running profiling tools. However, one of ...

Florida Rep. joins UF scientists to capture, track invasive pythons

A Florida representative joined university of Florida scientists to capture a 10-foot python they have tracked. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined UF scientists to ...

A.I. Writes Buggy Code. A Silicon Valley Start-Up Wants to Fix It.

These start-ups, including Axiom Math and Harmonic, both in Palo Alto, Calif., and Logical Intelligence in San Francisco, hope to create A.I. systems that can automatically verify computer code in ...

Manufact raises $6.3M as MCP becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ powering ChatGPT and Claude apps

Manufact, a Y Combinator startup, raised $6.3 million to build open-source tools and cloud infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard backed by Anthropic and OpenAI ...
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Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews

The Contagious Interview campaign weaponizes job recruitment to target developers. Threat actors pose as recruiters from crypto and AI companies and deliver backdoors such as OtterCookie and ...

37 Years Ago, A Bizarre Fantasy Movie Was Released That Everyone Loved (Even Though It Flopped)

A brilliant fantasy movie hit theaters 37 years ago that remains considered a cult classic even though it bombed when released.