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CPython developers are exploring an optional Rust zlib in Python 3.16, while NumPy 2.5 ships np.searchsorted up to 25Γ faster and advances abi3/Limited API work for cross-version wheels. Datadog unveiled an async-aware Python profiler that preserves asyncio task context and cuts overhead by over 60%. Also: VEX shell halved cold starts via lazy imports, and Glazer cut disposable-browser startup to ~2s.
Margaret Hamilton, who led Apollo flight software and helped define software engineering, died at 90; her code was critical to the moon landing. OpenAI released 372 major math results, including a claimed proof of the Unique Games Conjecture, though proofs remain unreadable. A rare American chestnut grove in West Virginia faces possible clearing for a data center, and ICANN revealed 1,615 applications for new gTLDs.
Paramount completed its $111B Warner Bros. Discovery merger, forming Skydance with Paramount+, HBO Max, CBS, CNN and sports assets, after the Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch block. Lawmakers introduced the Ban Flock Act to curb federal use of Flock license-plate cameras, while reports say Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar used ChatGPT far more disturbingly than known, evading safeguards.
Linux 7.4 is shaping up big: AMD Zen 6 gains BTB CTX isolation, Google Tensor G5 and Pixel 10 support land, and Intelβs rugged Panther Lake R gets broader enablement. Elsewhere, Mold 3.0 arrives after its Rust rewrite, Google proposes a major ZRAM rework for better memory savings, and Mesa developers weigh a formal governance council. Phoronix also compared ROCm vs. Vulkan for Llama.cpp local AI.
Obelisk 0.42 introduces durable agent workflows with replayable history and layered sandbox permissions, while iroh pushes BLAKE3-verified streaming for permissionless global content discovery as IPFS Shipyard shuts down. NetBSDβs racoon2 IKE daemon gained RFC 7383 fragmentation, NAT-OA, better IPv6, and automated tests. Also: a Zig-based ncdu fork, self-hosted SSH/nginx HTTP tunnels, and a Go compiler trick for faster IPv4-to-IPv6 mapping.
Cloudflare opened its Artifacts beta, urging developers to build an AI-agent-ready Git platform on Workers. A Valve developer boosted decade-old AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 Linux gaming by ~30% in kernel 6.19. American Eagle flights AA5083 duplicated callsigns between Philadelphia and Rhode Island, the second such incident in two days; controllers kept them safe. Elsewhere, a maker built BinRange, a UWB Home Assistant bin tracker.