GitHub cuts short offer to burn repos on CD after mockery ensues

You’re too late! Monday was the last day to score your own free CD of your GitHub repository, which the Microsoft-owned ...
IFLScience

Python Bowl: Competition To Catch And Kill Invasive Snakes Returns To Florida’s Everglades

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten ...
Planetizen

AI promises to finally make public engagement meaningful. We put it to the test.

Everything you need to know about how we analyzed the 13,000+ comments submitted in the federal government’s request for ...
MIT Technology Review

The Download: a startup has a solution for AI’s groupthink problem

LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out. Open up your chatbot of choice—Claude, ChatGPT ...
Bleeping Computer

ChocoPoc malware delivered via trojanized exploits on GitHub

Multiple weaponized proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits on GitHub delivered a Python-based remote access trojan (RAT) called ChocoPoC that can execute commands and steal sensitive data. However, ChocoPoC ...
MIT Technology ReviewOpinion

The Download: Anthropic launches Claude Science, and California’s carbon manure math

At an event for pharmaceutical executives, biotech founders, and researchers yesterday, Anthropic announced Claude Science, a ...
Windows Report

Malicious PyPI Packages Let Hackers Control Telegram Bot Servers

Operation Navy Ghost is targeting Python developers who build Telegram bots by hiding backdoors inside trojanized Pyrogram forks uploaded to PyPI. The campaign has been active since November 2025, ...

Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...