Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.
TheServerSide

Run Llama LLMs on your laptop with Hugging Face and Python

There are numerous ways to run large language models such as DeepSeek, Claude or Meta's Llama locally on your laptop, including Ollama and Modular's Max platform. But if you want to fully control the ...

Pythons are moving north in Florida. Is Brevard County next?

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.
Al Jazeera English

Philippines accuses China of using cyanide to poison South China Sea atoll

The Philippines says it has discovered cyanide on Chinese boats near a disputed South China Sea atoll, warning the substance could be used for “sabotage” against local fish populations. Security ...
InfoWorld

What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

If there’s one universal experience with AI-powered code development tools, it’s how they feel like magic until they don’t. One moment, you’re watching an AI agent slurp up your codebase and deliver a ...
The Hill

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without judge’s warrant: Memo

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are asserting broad authority to enter people’s homes without first obtaining a warrant from a judge, according to an internal memo. The memo signed ...
New York Post

NYC faces $12B budget deficit, drawing comparison to 2008 financial crisis – as Zohran Mamdani uses dire forecast to push taxing the rich

The Big Apple was in the red — even before the socialist takeover. New York City is facing a mammoth $12 billion budget deficit in the next two years, new City Comptroller Mark Levine warned Friday — ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

The pope in a major foreign policy address blasts how countries are using force to assert dominion

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his most substantial critique of U.S., Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Pope Leo XIV on Friday denounced how nations were using force to assert ...