The Download: climate tech companies to watch and AI’s discovery problem
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Coming soon:...
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3D Printing Services Near $2.5B as AM Market Shifts Beyond Hardware
The additive manufacturing market may be growing again, but one of the more interesting numbers behind that recovery has little to do with selling 3D printers....
Read moreQuiz: What’s New in Python 3.15
Test your knowledge of Python 3.15, from lazy imports and frozendict to sentinels, friendlier errors, and UTF-8 by default.
Read moreQuiz: LLM Application Development With Python
Test your grasp of building LLM apps in Python, from calling model APIs and prompting to RAG, AI agents, and MCP.
Read moreQuiz: How to Use Python: Taking Your First Steps
Test your Python foundations. Review syntax, variables, data types, indentation, functions, errors, and the tools you write Python with.
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Spring News Roundup: Second Milestone Releases of Boot, Framework, Data, Security, Integration
There was a flurry of activity during the week of September 21st, 2026, highlighting: second milestone releases of: Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Security, Spring AMQP,...
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Kubernetes Teams Get a Safer Way to See Their Own GPU Metrics
Adobe engineers have described an open-source approach for giving teams self-service access to their own Prometheus metrics in multi-tenant Kubernetes environments, without exposing the shared metrics...
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Intel's next-gen Nova Lake platforms pass compliance at USB and PCIe standards bodies as launch looms
Intel is prepping Core Ultra 400-series 'Nova Lake' platform launches as CPUs and chipsets pass interoperability and compliance tests with PCI-SIG and USB-IF.
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Ember-1 vs. Kimi K3: Nearly identical results at 3.4 times the speed
Fireworks Research launched Ember-1 on September 23 as a research preview. Built on Moonshot’s open-weight model, Kimi K3, it claims The post Ember-1 vs. Kimi K3:...
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What's the intended difficulty for Gears of War: E-Day? "I can tell you right now, it's Hardcore" says The Coalition creative director
Xbox and The Coalition are making a big deal about Gears of War: E-Day's campaign, ahead of its Xbox and PC launch on 1st October. The...
Read moreD7VK Reaches Maturity For Older Direct3D APIs Atop Vulkan
D7VK as a Vulkan-based implementation of the Microsoft Direct3D 7 / 6 / 5 / 3 APIs for Linux/Wine (Steam Play) usage is out with version...
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Sony Japan tries an anti-scalper lottery system for PS5 Pro orders, locks systems behind a 60-hour playtime requirement
In the face of strong demand and device shortages, Sony has decided to filter PlayStation 5 Pro purchasers in Japan using a lottery system.
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