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How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia
IBM Developer is the source for hands-on training and in-demand learning on relevant technologies such as generative AI, data science, Java, and more.
German court rules in favor of the Wikimedia Foundation
We are happy to announce that the court of Munich has ruled in favor of the Wikimedia Foundation in Dr. Evelyn Schels v. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc..
Scott Aaronson on Google’s new quantum-computing paper
MIT professor Scott Aaronson discusses new Google experiments that suggest the D-Wave computer exploits quantum phenomena.
The ‘Backends for Frontends’ Pattern at SoundCloud
Our friends at SoundCloud embarked on a journey a few years ago that changed their system and moved it from a monolithic Rails application towards an ecosystem of microservices.
Philips Hue blocks 3rd party lights
Philips has published a firmware update that blocks pairing of any 3rd party light.
Graphics Drivers
I would be currious to see if Linux work like Windows or like Mac OSX in this case, seems like outdated hardware or driver for Mac... I suspect Linux will work better like windows with uniform buffers... #ImNotaGameProgrammer
Poor man's VPN via ssh socks proxy
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Research links creativity and inability to filter irrelevant sensory information
Research links creativity with inability to filter irrelevant sensory information
Introducing OpenAI
OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research company. Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. Since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive…
Django Awarded MOSS Grant from Mozilla
Posted by Andrew Godwin on Dec. 11, 2015
Cell-Site Simulators Aren’t Secret Anymore
Digital analyzer. IMSI catcher. Stingray. Triggerfish. Dirt box. Cell-site simulator. The list of aliases used by the devices that masquerade as a cell phone tower, trick your phone into connecting with them, and suck up your data, seems to grow every day. But no matter what name cell-site...
YC Open Office Hours
Earlier this fall, we announced our first Open Office Hours [https://ycombinator.wpengine.com/yc-open-office-hours-for-black-and-hispanic-founders] where founders got to meet one-on-one with YC partners. We piloted the program with Black and Latino founders, over 650 founders applied in under a week, and we were able…
Japanese government dismantles freedom of the press
In 2010, Japan was ranked #11 in Reporters Without Borders’ global Press Freedom Index. By February 2015, that number had plummeted to #61 - and next year it will likely fall further. Since coming to power in 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party have …
Facebook to open-source AI hardware design
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The first plasma: the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device is now in operation
Start of operation and first plasma in the Wendelstein 7-X fusion research device at IPP Greifswald
Django CMS 3.2 released
We are very proud to release django CMS 3.2 with a smarter, fresher and cleaner user interface, including huge steps towards full touch-screen support. We've also made it faster and found other ways to optimise its performance. All in all, we think that version 3.2 is the most exciting release yet of django CMS.
Don't bother creating a mobile app
Lessons learned spending one year creating and improving our mobile app.
Cursive, an IDE for Clojure and ClojureScript, has reached 1.0
Cursive, the Clojure IDE that understands your code. Advanced structural editing, refactorings, VCS integration and much more, all out of the box.
No Matter What the FBI Says, Compromising Encryption Is a Technical Issue
What does the FBI want when it comes to the encryption “debate”? At an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, FBI Director James Comey offered what he called the “good news” that it’s not a debate at all. In fact, he said, government and the tech industry all want the same...
The Content Marketing Handbook
A 30,000+ word blog post about how to write about information and make it spread. And something new from us: The Priceonomics Data Studio.
The Cost and Complexity of Cgo
Cgo is an important part of Go: It's your window to calling anything that anything that has C bindings. But while cgo works for us, it hasn’t come for free.