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CodeHS Upgrades AP Python with OOP, Testing, and Async Patterns

If you’re an AP Computer Science student using CodeHS, you’re about to get a significant upgrade: the platform is refreshing its Python curriculum for Fall 2026 with improved autograders, clearer ...
InfoWorld

The best new features in Python 3.15

Highlights of Python 3.15, now available in beta, include lazy imports, faster JITs, better error messages, and smarter ...
The Hacker News

PyPI Packages Deliver ZiChatBot Malware via Zulip APIs on Windows and Linux

ZiChatBot malware spread via 3 PyPI packages in July 2025 uses Zulip APIs as C2, enabling stealthy attacks across systems ...
Macworld

Should you keep your MacBook plugged in when you’re using it?

Over the last several years, Apple has dramatically improved how it handles lithium-ion battery charging in iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. Across multiple system releases, the company moved ...
Campus Technology

Survey: 86% of Students Already Use AI in Their Studies

In a recent survey from the Digital Education Council, a global alliance of universities and industry representatives focused on education innovation, the majority of students (86%) said they use ...

One tool call to rule them all? New open source Python tool Runpod Flash eliminates containers for faster AI dev

With Flash GA, the company is attempting to transition from being a provider of raw compute to becoming the essential ...
Business Insider

Ukraine said it captured a Russian position using only ground robots and drones, no infantry, for the first time

Ukraine said it took a Russian position using just drones and ground robots. Zelenskyy said it was a wartime first, and no Ukrainian infantry was involved. He said robots have done over 22,000 ...
Wall Street Journal

We’re Using So Much AI That Computing Firepower Is Running Out

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
New York Magazine

The People Falsely Accused of Using AI

When Jared Hewitt’s co-worker claimed last winter that Hewitt used AI to write an incident report, she did it publicly. “And I work at a day care, so she was berating me in front of children,” he says ...
CNN

‘Use it or lose it’: Pentagon spending binge set record in final days of fiscal year

Pentagon spending in September included nearly $9 million on Alaskan king crab and lobster tails, more than $200 million in furniture and $5.3 million in Apple devices – just some of the expenditures ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...