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Make Python scripts smarter with regex: 5 practical RE examples

If you work with strings in your Python scripts and you're writing obscure logic to process them, then you need to look into ...
The New York Times

Can You Ace This Jane Austen 250th Birthday Trivia Quiz?

“Window seat with garden view / A perfect nook to read a book / I’m lost in my Jane Austen…” sings Kristin Chenoweth in “The Girl in 14G” — what could be more ideal? Well, perhaps showing off your ...
ZDNet

Are GPT-5.2's new powers enough to surpass Gemini 3? Try it and see

OpenAI released GPT-5.2, its latest model, on Thursday. It fastracked the model to stay competitive with Google and Anthropic. GPT-5.2 is built for professional tasks and rivals experts. After a week ...
Geeky Gadgets

Try Pyrefly Beta : Instant Checks, Smarter Hints, Smoother Large Scale Python Workflows

What if the tool you’ve been waiting for could not only catch errors in your Python code instantly but also handle millions of lines with lightning speed? Enter Pyrefly, Meta’s latest innovation in ...
The New York Times

Obsessed With ‘Wicked’? Try 9 More Songs From Beloved Musicals.

If you’ve got Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on repeat, add these songs from “Rent,” “Hadestown,” “13” and more to the rotation. By Nancy Coleman Nancy Coleman here. I’m a print editor at The Times, ...
Forbes

Designers Say They’ve Cracked Pantone’s 2026 Color Of The Year Pick

Industry experts have analyzed color trends and fashion runways to predict Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year reveal. One hue keeps rising to the top of their forecasts. Since late summer, the color ...
tech2geek

How to Fix “This Device Cannot Start (Code 10)” Error on Windows 11

Seeing the dreaded message “This device cannot start. (Code 10)” in Windows 11 can be frustrating — especially when it disables critical hardware like USB drives, Bluetooth adapters, Wi-Fi cards, or ...
GitHub

unbound-name error produced on variable set in 'try' despite 'except' has unconditional raise

If the local raise is uncommented, there's no problem as the unconditional raise make it obvious that the execution stops and there's no chance of reaching the reference to val while it's unbound. But ...
The Escapist

Battlefield 6 Error Code 1:8600 – Meaningless numbers causing players problems – here’s how to fix it

We love a good error code here at the Escapist. That’s the most dev of dev things of all, a code appearing on the screen to tell you something has gone wrong, but ...
The Hollywood Reporter

AI-Generated Actress Tilly Norwood Slammed by Canadian Performers Union as “Nothing But Lines of Code”

ACTRA's comments come after similar statements from U.S. actors union SAG-AFTRA and U.K. acting union Equity. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief “’Tilly’s’ existence is nothing but lines of code, ...
ZDNet

After coding catastrophe, Replit says its new AI agent checks its own work - here's how to try it

Replit unveiled Agent 3 on Wednesday. Code-generation is one of the few viable business use cases for AI. However, Replit recently deleted a company's entire database. AI startup Replit released Agent ...
Windows Report

Easy Ways to Check Python Version in Windows CMD

Python is widely used for apps, automation, and web development. Before running scripts, it’s important to confirm which version is installed on your Windows PC. This usually means Python is not added ...