Python rejects $1.5m US government grant to avoid compromising ethics with anti-DEI policies

The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant in order to maintain its values and commitments ...

Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

Python Software Foundation: Equal Opportunity More Important Than US Funding

The PSF forgoes potential funding because the requirements explicitly prohibit programs promoting equal opportunity under DEI ...
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When a Massive Snake Steals the Show at a Baseball Game

In one of the most unexpected moments in baseball history, Brian Barczyk’s 11-foot python slithers its way into the spotlight ...
IEEE

Not All Boxes Are Equal: Learning to Optimize Bounding Boxes With Discriminative Distributions in Optical Remote Sensing Images

Abstract: Detecting oriented objects in optical remote sensing images has been consistently challenging due to difficulties in bounding boxes’ localization. The cascaded regression framework, widely ...
theregister

Python releases version 3.14 – with cautious free-threaded support

The Python team has released version 3.14, with big new features including free threading support, the ability to use concurrent interpreters, improved debugger support, and an opt-in new interpreter ...