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These 7 Python libraries are useful even if you're not a developer

Every Python developer knows some or all of these libraries, because they’re stable, reliable, and excellent at what they do.

Python meat should never be on the menu. Here's why

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...

8,000 pounds of invasive Burmese python removed from the Florida Everglades

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...

Are asteroid-mass black holes hiding in the cosmic gamma-ray glow?

There are multiple ways to form black holes. The one most commonly taught in high school physics classes is that they are ...

Python hunters captured 8,000 pounds of snake. Meet their leader

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade ...
Ars Technica

Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package

Millions of AI agents and tools around the world have been imperiled by a critical vulnerability that can allow hackers to breach the servers running them and make off with sensitive data and ...
VentureBeat

One tool call to rule them all? New open source Python tool Runpod Flash eliminates containers for faster AI dev

Credit: VentureBeat made with OpenAI ChatGPT-Images-2.0 Runpod, the high-performance cloud computing and GPU platform designed specifically for AI development, today launched a new open source, MIT ...
Ars Technica

OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...
TechRepublic

TIOBE Index for February 2026: Specialized Languages Gain Ground as Python’s Lead Eases

February 2026 TIOBE Index shows Python still far ahead, C strengthening in second, C# rising, and R holding the top 10 as rankings compress. Python remains comfortably ahead in February, but the ...
The Straits Times

Australian woman wakes up to find 2.5m python on her chest

When an Australian woman woke up from her sleep in the middle of the night with a weight on her body, she thought it was one of her pet dogs. To her shock, it was a 2.5m python. Brisbane resident ...
BBC

'Baby, don't move': Australian woman wakes to find massive python on her chest

Rachel Bloor found a reptile in her bed on Monday In the middle of the night on Monday, Rachel Bloor stirred in her bed to find a heavy weight curled up on her chest. Half asleep, she reached out for ...
Business Wire

Ultralytics Launches YOLO26, Setting a New Global Standard for Edge-First Vision AI

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultralytics, the global leader in open-source vision AI, today announced the launch of Ultralytics YOLO26, the most advanced and deployable YOLO (You Only Look Once) model to ...