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Python mini-projects that supercharge your skills

Small, focused Python projects are one of the fastest ways to grow your coding skills. From automating daily tasks to experimenting with AI, these mini-projects turn theory into hands-on experience.
PV Tech

EU bans funding for energy projects using Chinese inverters—will it move the needle on cybersecurity?

Ursula von der Leyen reportedly approved the plan last week. Image: European Parliament. The European Commission has reportedly banned EU funds from supporting energy projects using Chinese-made ...
pv magazine International

EU moves to restrict funding for projects using inverters from high-risk suppliers

The EU is moving forward with a plan to restrict funding for PV projects using inverters from high-risk suppliers, citing cybersecurity concerns and issuing new guidance to phase them out. A ...
Wall Street Journal

We’re Using So Much AI That Computing Firepower Is Running Out

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
The New York Times

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

ArcelorMittal, a European steel maker, is donating tens of millions of dollars of foreign steel for President Trump’s new ballroom. By Ana Swanson and Luke Broadwater Reporting from Washington ...
The Conversation

More and more teachers and students are using AI – even though it might do more harm than good

K-12 teachers and students across the country are increasingly using AI in and out of classrooms, whether it is teachers turning to AI to refine lesson plans or students asking AI to help them ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Variety

‘Project Hail Mary’ Director Says ‘There’s No Green Screen in the Movie Whatsoever’ but Clarifies There’s 2,018 VFX Shots: ‘Not a Single Green or Blue Screen Was ...

“What’s fun about the movie is that there is no green screen in the movie whatsoever. Not a single green or blue screen was used,” Miller told ComicBook on the film’s press tour. “The whole ship was ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Project Hail Mary’ Contains Not a Single Greenscreen Shot in the Entire Movie, Director Says

Amazon-MGM's entire 156-minute, big-budget sci-fi gamble was shot without any green (or blue) screen, Christopher Miller says. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large The highly anticipated, big-budget Ryan ...
marktechpost

A Coding, Data-Driven Guide to Measuring, Visualizing, and Enforcing Cognitive Complexity in Python Projects Using complexipy

In this tutorial, we build an end-to-end cognitive complexity analysis workflow using complexipy. We start by measuring complexity directly from raw code strings, then scale the same analysis to ...
The Washington Post

How to make your makeup last longer without buying anything new

A viral trend called Project Pan, in which influencers and laypeople alike show off their well-used skin care products and makeup, is exploding on TikTok. The challenge is to “hit pan” — to reach the ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...