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A drone crash in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ignited a 12 sq km wildfire. Dry weather, strong winds, and land mines complicate firefighting efforts, raising concerns about radiation and wildlife.
Researchers propose a 130-km dam across the Bering Strait to prevent AMOC collapse, which would freeze northern Europe. The plan faces huge cost, environmental, and geopolitical hurdles.
The container, originating 500,000 years ago as slings, ostrich eggs, and wooden trays, was humanity's first transformative tool, enabling resource transport, storage, and social cooperation.
Kazakhstan renews Coursera partnership to integrate for-credit courses, AI literacy, and Kazakh-language content, reaching 235K+ students with 500K+ certificates.
Microsoft and Coursera launch 11 new Professional Certificates across AI, data, and development to bridge the skills gap, with hands-on training and real-world applications.
Coursera and Udemy merged in May 2026. No immediate changes for learners; future plans include expanded catalog and AI tools. All accounts, certificates, and subscriptions remain intact.
Coursera and Udemy merge, creating the world's most comprehensive skills platform with 290M+ learners, 18K enterprises, and 95K content creators, powered by AI.
VS Code's new Python Environments extension unifies environment management across tools like venv, conda, and poetry, featuring automatic discovery, uv integration, and project-to-environment mapping.
Python extension for VS Code March 2026: Pylance now includes installed package symbols in workspace search (opt-in) and experimental Rust-based parallel indexer for up to 10x faster performance on large projects.
April 2026 update of VS Code Python Environments extension improves startup speed, reliability, and terminal handling with lazy discovery, smarter scanning, crash recovery, and auto-refresh.
mssql-python now supports Apache Arrow for zero-copy, columnar data fetching from SQL Server, boosting speed and memory efficiency for Polars, Pandas, DuckDB, and more.
Learn about the Ploopy Bean, an open-source pointing stick mouse with 4 programmable buttons, QMK firmware, and full customizability. This Q&A covers how it works, compatibility, build quality, and where to buy.
Star Labs finally ships the premium StarFighter Linux laptop with a detachable webcam, high-end specs, and flexible design, targeting power users after a long delay.
The BOOX Tappy is a tiny two-button Bluetooth remote for hands-free page turning, scrolling, and audio control on BOOX eReaders and other Bluetooth devices.
Explore the Asus ExpertBook Ultra – a 2.2-pound business laptop with Panther Lake CPU, six speakers, and Thunderbolt 4. Detailed Q&A on design, performance, display, and price.
MINISFORUM launches two NAS models with up to 7 SSDs and Intel Panther Lake processors, targeting home users and professionals with improved storage and performance.
Safari Technology Preview 241 introduces accessibility fixes, animation improvements, new CSS features like stretch and scroll anchoring, and numerous CSS bug fixes for better rendering and performance.
Apple's Safari Technology Preview 242 introduces new CSS features like attr() and oblique-only, plus critical fixes in accessibility, forms, HTML parser, and image handling.
Safari Technology Preview 243 is out with major accessibility fixes, animation corrections, and new CSS features like contain: style and text-autospace insert.
Safari 26.5 introduces the :open pseudo-class, element-scoped random(), color-interpolation for SVG, ToggleEvent.source, Origin API, and 63 bug fixes for improved web compatibility.