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Tim Peters, author of the Zen of Python and Timsort, has died
Tim Peters, the Python core developer behind the Zen of Python, Timsort and doctest, died on July 15, 2026, Guido van Rossum told the Python community.
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NewsMicrosoft 365 outage takes down Outlook, Teams and the status page
A Microsoft 365 outage on November 12, 2026 cut users off from Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and Copilot. Microsoft says servers are failing health checks.
NewsUnited Airlines blocks third-party AI agents from booking flights
United Airlines will block unauthorized personal AI agents from booking and managing trips, directly and via travel agencies, citing security and FAA rules.
NewsRust 1.100 makes the never type stable after 10 years
Rust 1.100.0 stabilizes the never type (!), the core Allocator API, DropGuard and Cargo dependency cooldowns, and Cargo now warns about unused dependencies.
NewsGoogle releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen, its fast model, in Search and API
Gemini 4 Hydrogen is out in the Gemini API, AI Studio and Google Search, with a 1M token context at $1.50/$7.50 per million tokens and a new xhigh level.
NewsGoogle launches Gemini Decisions API for fast yes/no and choice calls
Gemini Decision 1 answers up to 1,000 yes/no, choice and rubric questions per request in 150-250 ms, at $0.10 per million input tokens and free output.
NewsAWS launches AWS Emulator, a free local copy of AWS APIs for testing
AWS Emulator runs AWS APIs on your machine for local and CI tests, with no AWS account or fee. It is written in Rust, CC0-licensed and was built by AI agents.
NewsGoogle adds offline speech recognition and TTS to AI Edge Gallery
Google AI Edge Gallery now does on-device speech-to-text and text-to-speech, with ML Kit GenAI APIs on Android and MediaPipe and LiteRT models elsewhere.
NewsNVIDIA donates OpenShell agent sandbox runtime to the CNCF
At KubeCon, NVIDIA gave OpenShell, its open-source runtime for sandboxing AI agents, to the CNCF and launched NVKE, NVKR and Snapshot for GPU Kubernetes.
NewsChrome ships Modern Web Guidance 1.0 to fix coding agents' old habits
Google Chrome's Modern Web Guidance 1.0 gives coding agents 200+ expert guides on modern HTML, CSS and JS, with a legacy-scan CLI. Firefox and Edge join.
NewsChatGPT adds Business Hub and verified Business Agents in beta
OpenAI is testing Business Hub, where companies claim and verify a ChatGPT profile and see insights, plus Business Agents for eligible US businesses.
NewsBlender 5.3 released with Gaussian Splat import and rendering
Blender 5.3 is out: Gaussian Splats from PLY, SPZ and glTF, rendered in EEVEE and Cycles, plus Projects, DLSS 4.5 denoising and new Python API modules.