ZDNet reports:
“Python 3.10.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations,” CPython maintainers announced in a blogpost…
One of the headline features is “structural pattern m…
Beating C and Java, Python Becomes the #1 Most Popular Programming Language, Says TIOBE
ZDNet reports that Python “is now the most popular language, according to one popularity ranking.”
“For the first time in more than 20 years we have a new leader of the pack…” the TIOBE Index announced this month. “The long-standing hegemony of Jav…
Should US Tax Collectors Get Reports From Banks About All Accounts Over $600?
An anonymous reader tipped us off to a proposed new U.S. policy which would require banks, credit unions and other financial companies to submit reports on most of their accounts to the tax-collectors at America’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The re…
New Data: Tech Companies Expand Hiring From ‘Tech Hubs’ to ‘All Over The Place’
“Just two years ago the metropolitan areas that serve as the nation’s technology hubs seemed to be sucking tech jobs away from other parts of the country,” remembers business writer Peter Coy in the New York Times. “A Brookings Institution report in De…
US Flight Traffic Controllers Complain Military Tests Interfered with GPS Signals
IEEE Spectrum reports that air traffic controllers for America’s Federal Aviation Administration “were confused and frustrated by an increase in military tests that interfered with GPS signals for civilian aircraft, public records show.”
The incident…
Former Employees Allege Most of Ozy’s 26M Newsletter Subscribers Were Purchased, Borrowed, or Kept Against Their Will
Eight days ago Ozy announced it was shutting down after reports that the news site bought traffic, overstated its cable deals, and at one point even had its Chief Operating Officer impersonate a YouTube executive during a phone call with investors.
Th…
US Government Investigators Still Believe Havana Syndrome is a Directed-Energy Attack
The U.S. government’s investigation into Havana Syndrome “is turning up new evidence that the symptoms are the result of directed-energy attacks,” reports Politico, citing five U.S. lawmakers and officials who’ve been briefed on the matter:
Behind clo…
Did Death Cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?
“Did death cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?” asks the New York Times:
When the iconic physicist died on March 14, 2018, data was already in hand that could confirm an ominous and far-reaching prediction he had made more than four decades before…
3 Degrees Warmer, with Twice as Many 100-Degree Days: How Climate Change Will Affect Texas
The Texas Tribune (an Austin-based non-profit digital news site) reports that climate change “has made the Texas heat worse, with less relief as nighttime temperatures warm, a report from the state’s climatologist published Thursday found.”
Climate da…
FSF Warns Windows 11 ‘Deprives Users of Freedom and Digital Autonomy’
“October 5 marks the official release of Windows 11, a new version of the operating system that doesn’t do anything at all to counteract Windows’ long history of depriving users of freedom and digital autonomy,” writes Free Software Foundation campaign…