Python didn’t become the lingua franca of artificial intelligence by accident. I’ve argued that Python’s dominance in AI isn’t due to blazing performance or fancy features, but because it offers the shortest distance from idea to working code. It’s an accessible, general-purpose language that “everyone knows,” perhaps not as a first programming language but often

Codex CLI is an open-source coding agent from OpenAI, written primarily in Rust, that runs locally on your computer. Codex IDE extension is a coding agent that runs in Visual Studio Code and its forks, such as Cursor and Windsurf. Codex Web, which connects to Codex Cloud, can work on tasks in the background, in

In the beginning, there was devops: a new philosophy that aimed to break down the silos of software development and IT operations and combine both teams into a single group with shared responsibility. Devops practices borrowed from agile development methodologies, insisted on continuous integration and continuous delivery, and helped make the era of cloud development

The arrival of generative AI-enhanced business intelligence (GenBI) for enterprise data analytics has opened up access to insights, while also increasing the speed, relevance and accuracy of those insights. But that’s in best-case scenarios. Often, AI-powered analytics leads data teams to the same challenges: Hallucinations, security and governance snafus, outdated or incorrect answers, low familiarity

The acceleration of hybrid and mobile work models has revealed critical shortcomings in organisational device strategies. IT departments are contending with slow procurement cycles, mismatched hardware across teams, and compatibility issues when integrating new equipment into existing systems. “The key thing is that these gaps are not only an administrative nuisance, it’s the impact on

The Windows PC market appears to be in flux at the moment. With the end of support coming this month for Windows 10, companies are trying to decide whether to finally jump to Windows 11, move to another platform entirely, or maybe stick with Windows — but ditch Intel for Arm processors. What’s an IT

The Star Trek universe panel at New York Comic Con (NYCC) this weekend concluded with a brand new trailer for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The ten-episode series will follow the exploits of the first new crop of cadets in a century. Per the official premise: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group

Exploring the world of NSFW chatbots is like opening a door you didn’t even realize was there. Everyone knows ChatGPT as the buttoned-up, rule-following conversationalist, but sometimes people want something less polished and more daring. That’s where NSFW ChatGPT alternatives come into play. These apps aren’t about productivity or essay writing; they’re about companionship, roleplay,

Every few weeks, it seems, yet another lab proclaims yet another breakthrough in the race to perfect solid-state batteries: next-generation power packs that promise to give us electric vehicles (EVs) so problem-free that we’ll have no reason left to buy gas-guzzlers. These new solid-state cells are designed to be lighter and more compact than the

Since launching its bug bounty program nearly a decade ago, Apple has always touted notable maximum payouts—$200,000 in 2016 and $1 million in 2019. Now the company is upping the stakes again. At the Hexacon offensive security conference in Paris on Friday, Apple vice president of security engineering and architecture Ivan Krstić announced a new