As “Spamalot” returns to L.A., Eric Idle is feeling sentimental about his epic career

As "Spamalot" returns to the Hollywood Pantages, Eric Idle says of absurdist comedy, "these are the sort of times when we ...
IEEE

More on reconstructing strings from random traces: insertions and deletions

Abstract: We are given a collection of m received strings or traces that have been independently generated by randomly inserting and deleting bits from a common string t of length n. Our goal is to ...
GitHub

plotly.py

Built on top of plotly.js, plotly.py is a high-level, declarative charting library. plotly.js ships with over 30 chart types, including scientific charts, 3D graphs, statistical charts, SVG maps, ...
Security Boulevard

That “job brief” on Google Forms could infect your device

Instead of the usual phishing email or fake download page, attackers are using Google Forms to kick off the infection chain.

OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...

13 fun, beginner-friendly strategies for filling out your March Madness bracket

Welcome, casual March Madness bandwagoners! Don’t know where Gonzaga is? Couldn’t name a single player on Duke’s basketball ...