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Python 3.15 Makes UTF-8 the Default, Easing Windows Text Issues — but Legacy Code Needs a Check

Python 3.15's UTF-8 default reduces environment-dependent behavior when no encoding is specified. We look at what it means ...
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Google launches Gemini 4 Argon, a generational LLM leap that brings Google back to the frontier

Google has officially launched Gemini 4 Argon globally today, marking the first public release in its next-generation Gemini 4 model family. After a quiet, heavily restricted preview late last month ...
Science

Spectral tuning and signaling of diverse and far red–sensitive rhodopsins in mantis shrimp eyes

Stomatopod crustaceans (mantis shrimps) have extraordinary eyes with unmatched visual rhodopsin diversity, but their ...

The developer who cloned Photoshop using AI has now created Word, Excel, and PowerPoint replicas with Claude

Called WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft, respectively, the open-source applications are written in Rust with Anthropic's ...

How even students can automatically create a test study schedule! An app made with JavaScript

IntroductionIn this article, we will explain how to create a schedule app that automatically generates daily tasks just by ...
Security Boulevard

Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 1407 CVEs (CVE-2026-96951)

Critical1337Important0Moderate1LowMicrosoft addresses 1407 CVEs in the tenth Patch Tuesday of 2026, marking the second consecutive month to reset the bar as the largest Patch Tuesday release. This ...

ChatGPT Codex Turns Text Prompts Into 2-Minute Videos

Edit videos with ChatGPT Codex and the Hyperframes plugin to automate sequencing, trimming, and captioning. Turn raw folders ...
Science

A DNA Typewriter records the cell lineage history of a mouse, from zygote to late organogenesis

Mammalian biology unfolds over time, within tissues and organs opaque to our eyes and instruments. We applied DNA Typewriter, ...

You can now open Claude directly in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides (and vice versa, open and edit the files in Claude)

Anthropic’s move means Google Workspace customers no longer have to choose Gemini simply because it is the AI sitting closest ...