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 ...
UC San Diego Today

A UC San Diego Tool Teaching Code to 25 Million is Even More Critical in Age of AI

UC San Diego cognitive scientist Philip Guo created Python Tutor, a free tool that makes code “visible” step by step. The research behind it earned a Test of Time award, recog ...
Legit.ng

How to become a full-stack developer in Nigeria vs the UK, and how does earning potential compare?

Learn how to become a full-stack developer in Nigeria vs the UK. Compare 2026 salary scales, bootcamps like AltSchool, UK ...

Ring Programming Language Expands with Major Package Contributions from Developer Youssef Saeed

Ring Team Announces Significant New Contributions by Developer Youssef Saeed Youssef’s contributions, creativity, and ...
The New York Times

Did Her White Father Marry Her Black Mother for Love, or for Research?

In “The Mixed Marriage Project,” Dorothy Roberts reflects on her anthropologist father’s lifelong project: to document — and promote — interracial marriages like his own. By Julia Scheeres Julia ...
InfoWorld

Python’s popularity slip: Here’s what we know

Python faces new challenges from old rivals, but is it a blip or something more? In other news, we have goodies like easy-install instances of PostgreSQL, a peek at the state of the art in visual ...