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Pablos Holman is a hacker, writ large. The first time he spoke for one of my events, in 2010, he captured an audience member’s credit card information during a break and started making a purchase on ...

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Everything ever said on the internet was just the start of teaching artificial intelligence about humanity. Tech companies are now tapping into an older repository of knowledge: the library stacks.

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Are you ready for Python Pi? The 3.14 beta is out now, and we’ve got the rundown on what’s so great about it, including the new template strings feature, or “f-strings with superpowers.” You can also ...