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How I Stopped Repeating Myself and Let Python Do the Heavy LiftingContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
How a Late-Night Experiment Turned Python From Just a Language Into My Secret Productivity WeaponContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
Quick projects that make Python easy.Continue reading on Python in Plain English »
When people ask me why I love Python, I usually smile and say, “Because it does the boring stuff while I do the fun stuff.”Continue reading on Python in Plain English »
From spaghetti code to clean, efficient, and readable PythonContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
Mostly soundtracked by cats meowing a Billie Eilish song, these AI-generated fantastias tell tales of cheating, revenge and violence – and are being watched by millionsRead more in the Internet wormhole seriesAt the (tail) end of 2024, Billie Eilish sat cross-legged on stage and began to miaow. Her fans erupted in harmony, each belting out an off-key miaow of their own. She knows, they realised! This is because Eilish’...
Deputy PM says move would cause rise in ‘revenge porn’, as Labour launches attack ads against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is “failing a generation of young women” with his plans to scrap the Online Safety Act, Angela Rayner has said, arguing the move would cause an increase in the prevalence of “revenge porn”.The comments by the deputy prime minister are the latest criticism of Farage from the government, with Labour...
The profound dilemma exposed by autonomous driving as it approaches the final stretch of its journey reveals the true challenge of…Continue reading on Medium »
Safe Mode is a diagnostic mode in Windows that allows you to troubleshoot and diagnose issues with your system. By booting into Safe Mode…Continue reading on Medium »
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Pilot at London trust aims to reduce paperwork and free up doctors, as UK brings AI to public servicesAn artificial intelligence tool designed to speed up the discharge of patients is being trialled at a hospital trust in London.The platform completes documents needed to send fit patients home, potentially saving hours of delays and freeing up beds. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Letter to the Met says technology ‘unfairly targets community that carnival exists to celebrate’The Met commissioner should scrap plans to deploy live facial recognition (LFR) at next weekend’s Notting Hill carnival because the technology is riven with “racial bias” and subject to a legal challenge, 11 civil liberty and anti-racist groups have demanded.A letter sent to Mark Rowley warns that use of instant...
When Kevin Toms created the first footie tactics simulation in the early days of the gaming industry, it became a phenomenon – and a source of cherished memoriesIf you were a football fan who owned a computer in the early 1980s, there is one game you will instantly recall. The box had an illustration of the FA Cup, and in the bottom right-hand corner was a photo of a smiling man with curly hair and a goatee beard. You’...
I had no expectations when I opened ChatGPT and typed ‘I’ve made a fool of myself’. There was something surreal about the conversation that followedI was spiralling. It was past midnight and I was awake, scrolling through WhatsApp group messages I’d sent earlier. I’d been trying to be funny, quick, effervescent. But each message now felt like too much. I’d overreached again – said more than I should, said it wrong. I...
If you’re still selling “hours of coding,” you’re racing to the bottom. Here’s how to defend your valueContinue reading on Realworld AI Use Cases »
شماره خاله شماره خاله تهران شماره خاله اصفهان شماره خاله کرج شماره خاله تبریز شماره خاله بندرلنگه شماره خاله متلقو شماره خاله مازندران…Continue reading on Medium »
We wouldn’t raise a child in silence. We wouldn’t isolate a puppy in a box and hope it grows up kind. We know better. But when it comes to…Continue reading on Medium »
In industries that rely on non-destructive testing (NDT), X-ray films play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and integrity of critical…Continue reading on Medium »
US senator Josh Hawley opened investigation into the tech giant, which said it had removed the policy guidelinesA backlash is brewing against Meta over what it permits its AI chatbots to say.An internal Meta policy document, seen by Reuters, showed the social media giant’s guidelines for its chatbots allowed the AI to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual”, generate false medical information,...
This week on Uncanny Valley, we talk about one of the most notorious American corporations. So what does Palantir actually do?
Software engineers are finding that OpenAI’s new GPT-5 model is helping them think through coding problems—but isn’t much better at actual coding.
The OpenAI CEO addressed GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble—and why he’s willing to spend trillions of dollars to win.
Experts say Apple’s foray into flip phones is sign that consumers want devices that optimise internet use Back in 2005, nothing felt more high-powered and sophisticated than ending a call by snapping shut a clamshell flip phone.Now, two decades since they hit peak popularity, they’re back – with Apple rumoured to be working on its first ever flip phone. Continue reading...
Nostalgic millennial parents are increasingly keen to replicate their own childhoods. But were the 90s as blissful as we remember?When I look back on my 1990s childhood, it’s hard not to feel nostalgic. We roamed for miles without supervision, riding our bikes, building dens and swimming in streams. After school, we did crafts or played board games and, though the internet existed, my parents would boot me off to use...
Beijing is keen to showcase country’s prowess in robotics, say observers – but some are sceptical about real-world useA quick left hook, a front kick to the chest, a few criss-cross jabs, and the crowd cheers. But it is not kickboxing prowess that concludes the match. It is an attempted roundhouse kick that squarely misses its target, sending the kickboxer from a top university team tumbling to the floor.While...
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Taiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakening Taiwanese politics increasingly revolves around one crucial question: Will China invade? China’s ruling party has wanted to seize Taiwan for more than half a century. But in…
PS5, PC, Xbox Series X/S; Hangar 13/2KThis Cosa Nostra caper has few fresh ideas to revitalise the cover shooter, but benefits from a well-researched time and placeOnce upon a time, the industry was drowning in games like this. Single-player, story-led action experiences with a weekend’s worth of choreographed set pieces and an open world glazed with a fine mist of collectibles … But here in 2025, the age of the Battle...
June had no idea that GPT-5 was coming. The Norwegian student was enjoying a late-night writing session last Thursday when her ChatGPT collaborator started acting strange. “It started forgetting everything, and it wrote really badly,” she says. “It was like a robot.” June, who asked that we use only her first name for privacy reasons,…
There is no word for art in most Native American languages. Instead, the closest terms speak not to objecthood but to action and intention. In Lakota, “wówačhiŋtȟaŋka” implies deep thought or reflection, while “wóčhekiye” suggests offering or prayer. Art is not separate from life; it is ceremony, instruction, design. Like architecture or code, it carries…
This time five years ago, we were in the throes of the covid-19 pandemic. By August 2020, we’d seen school closures, national lockdowns, and widespread panic. That year, the coronaviruswas responsible for around 3 million deaths, according to the World Health Organization. Then came the vaccines. The first mRNA vaccines for covid were authorized for…
One winter afternoon in a conference room in Taipei, a pair of twentysomething women dragged their friend across the floor. Lying on the ground in checkered pants and a brown sweatshirt, she was pretending to be either injured or dead. One friend picked her up by her arms, the other grabbed hold of her legs,…
Market value passes $104bn despite White House saying claims of talks to invest in factories are ‘speculation’Shares in Intel have jumped 7.4% after it was reported that the Trump administration is considering taking a stake in the struggling US chipmaker.The potential investment, which would be paid for by the US government, would be used to develop Intel’s factory hub in Ohio, according to Bloomberg. It would also...
The game’s launch 20 years ago coincided with the rapper’s meteoric success with his album The Massacre. Here, the team that made the shooter reflect on how it all happened The rapper 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) was inescapable back in 2005. There wasn’t a British classroom without a teenager wearing Jackson’s G-Unit clothing, while his catchy hits Candy Shop and In Da Club dominated the radio. The backstory of...
In today’s data-driven world, privacy can no longer be an afterthought. As technology continues to evolve, the need to protect user data…Continue reading on Medium »
There’s a moment in Pixel Perfect that always lingers.Continue reading on Medium »