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The secret Python switch: How one flag makes your scripts run faster

Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.
InfoQ

Pandas 3.0 Introduces Default String Dtype and Copy-on-Write Semantics

The pandas team has released pandas 3.0.0, a major update that changes core behaviors around string handling, memory ...
Reuters

Russia is ready to legally confirm that it has no intention of attacking NATO, deputy minister says

MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Russia is ready to confirm in a legal agreement that it has no intention of attacking either the European Union or the U.S.-led NATO military alliance, Russian Deputy ...
National Catholic Register

AI Has No Soul — and Never Will

AI raises an endless stream of questions: Will it take our jobs? Cure diseases? Destabilize governments? Make us rich — or make us targets for hackers and terrorists? Beneath all these loud debates ...
The Economist

Vladimir Putin has no plan for winning in Ukraine

ON JUNE 10TH 2026 the fighting between Russia and Ukraine will have lasted longer than the first world war. That conflict, too, was supposed to have been over in a few weeks. As in Ukraine, fighting ...
CNET

Warframe Has Come to Starfinder in a New Tabletop Module, and It’s Awesome

Operation: Orias makes a solid attempt at bringing the online shooter experience to your gaming table, and it's available now. Russell Holly is a Managing Editor on the Commerce team at CNET. He works ...
GameSpot

Why Halo 1 Remake Has No Multiplayer

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The newly announced Halo 1 remake that brings the series to PlayStation for the first time has no multiplayer support. It is a campaign-only ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Bing Gains Support For data-nosnippet HTML Attribute

Microsoft has added support for the data-nosnippet HTML Attribute for Bing Search. This was previously not supported but yesterday, Microsoft announced it is "introducing the data-nosnippet HTML ...
Search Engine Land

Microsoft Bing finally supports the data-nosnippet HTML attribute

Bing catches up to Google, letting you block content from snippets and AI answers without impacting page ranking or visibility in search. Microsoft Bing now supports the data-nosnippet HTML attribute.
CNN

Trump says Cuba has ‘virtually no autism.’ That’s news to Cuban doctors

Despite what you may have heard recently, and contrary to what US President Donald Trump apparently believes, there is autism in Cuba. For years the island’s state-run medical system has operated ...
The New York Times

Macron Has No Good Options After Repeat Collapse of French Government

The president, thwarted at home, has become increasingly frustrated and weakened at a critical moment for his country and Europe. By Roger Cohen Reporting from Paris President Emmanuel Macron of ...