A New Python Packaging Council and Other News for May 2026
April gave Python developers a new governing body. PEP 772 was accepted on April 16, creating a dedicated Python Packaging Council that will make binding decisions...
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GameStop makes $56 billion offer to acquire eBay
GameStop has made an offer to acquire eBay for $56 billion, which comes as part of GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s plan to transform the online marketplace...
Read moreGCC 16 Compiler Delivering Some Decent Performance Gains Over GCC 15
With the GCC 16.1 compiler released last Thursday, I have begun running more compiler benchmarks on this first GCC 16 stable feature release. GCC 16 comes...
Read moreFor NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds
4 min read For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds A study of NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) data on stellar...
Read moreMicroprinting Microcap XTPL Reports 2025 Sales Growth Despite Net Loss
The Polish company XTPL is among a category of small startups sitting at the overlap between additive manufacturing (AM) and advanced packaging for the semiconductor industry....
Read moreA Free Open Source Mobile Dev Hackathon Is Coming to the Netherlands on May 16
OpenSource Science B.V., better known as OS-SCi, is a Netherlands-based institution that has a pretty specific focus. To train the next generation of developers exclusively on...
Read moreA Free Open Source Mobile Dev Hackathon Is Coming to the Netherlands on May 16
OpenSource Science B.V., better known as OS-SCi, is a Netherlands-based institution that has a pretty specific focus. To train the next generation of developers exclusively on...
Read moreSecurity updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel, libcap, libtiff, sudo, and thunderbird), Debian (dovecot, imagemagick, incus, kernel, libexif, linux-6.1, openjdk-25, pyasn1, python-aiohttp, and thunderbird), Fedora...
Read moreNvidia’s exposure to Asian supply chains for components hits 90% of its production costs — marked increase from 65% could intensify as physical AI adds even more exposure
Asian suppliers now represent roughly 90% of Nvidia’s production costs, up from about 65% a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Read moreTrump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms
The Trump administration has brought US onshore wind development to a halt citing national security concerns, representing a major escalation in the president’s crusade against renewable...
Read moreLAGEOS: An Earth Science Mission Built for Enduring Precision
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Technicians at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center helped complete prelaunch testing of the Laser Geodynamic...
Read moreMIT’s virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound. MIT engineers hope to...
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