The Cool Down on MSN

Florida's 1,000 would-be python killers are heading into the Everglades for a $10,000 prize

Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

Guns? Weapons hunters can use in Florida's python challenge

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

Florida's Burmese python challenge can't wipe out invasive snakes from the Everglades. Awareness is the real victory, officials say

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Florida's Python Challenge is back, but biologists say the 4-ton problem is moving north

"This is a South Florida problem that is rapidly turning into a Central Florida problem." ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious Edge extension abuses Native Messaging as bridge to malware

A malicious Microsoft Edge extension dubbed ‘Edgecution' has been used in a ransomware attack to escape the browser sandbox and deploy a Python-based backdoor. Access to the local system is obtained ...
Dark Reading

Attackers Use AI to Automate EDR Evasion Testing

Sophos X-Ops analysts published research this week concerning an unidentified threat actor using AI technology to develop endpoint detection and response (EDR) evasion tactics through the lens of what ...
Bleeping Computer

C0XMO botnet spreads via DD-WRT router flaw, kills rival malware

A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet called C0XMO is targeting DD-WRT router firmware and can move to other device types with various CPU architectures. The researchers found samples for ARM, MIPS, ...
Ars Technica

For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer

Dozens of cryptographically verified open source packages from Microsoft were compromised late last week to add advanced credential-stealing code that was triggered when developers opened them in AI ...
Hosted on MSN

Snake catchers remove a record-breaking 8,000 pounds of invasive pythons from southwest Florida in one season

Burmese pythons, considered to be "prohibited" invasive predators in Florida, are negatively impact native wildlife Four tons of Burmese pythons were removed from a 200-square-mile area in Collier ...
IEEE

GMPC: Geometric Model Predictive Control for Wheeled Mobile Robot Trajectory Tracking

Abstract: The configuration of most robotic systems lies in continuous transformation groups. However, in mobile robot trajectory tracking, many recent works still naively utilize optimization methods ...
IEEE

Graph-Based Leaf–Wood Separation Method for Individual Trees Using Terrestrial Lidar Point Clouds

Abstract: Terrestrial light detection and ranging (lidar) is capable of resolving trees at the branch/leaf level with accurate and dense point clouds. The separation of leaf and wood components is a ...
GitHub

Meraki Dashboard API Python Library

The Meraki Dashboard API Python library provides all current Meraki dashboard API calls to interface with the Cisco Meraki cloud-managed platform. Meraki generates the library based on dashboard API's ...