Single character in AI-generated script wipes developer’s entire hard drive

The user had asked for a simple PowerShell script to remove Python pycache folders. Instead, the script ended up deleting the contents of the user’s F: drive, including project files and Docker data.

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7 Python mistakes that make your code slow (and the fixes that matter)

Python is a language that seems easy to do, especially for prototyping, but make sure not to make these common mistakes when ...

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

By typing simple, text-based commands into Windows' PowerShell, you can quickly install apps directly from the Microsoft ...

Python not working in Visual Studio Code Terminal

If Python is not working in Visual Studio Code Terminal, you receive Python is not recognized, or the script fails to execute ...
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Build an infinite desktop on Ubuntu with Python and a systemd timer

Pull fresh Unsplash wallpapers and rotate them on GNOME automatically with a Python script plus a systemd service and timer.
TechCrunch

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries

Adobe has been aggressively adding AI features to all its products in the last few years. The company is now adding more AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to generate podcast summaries of ...
Reason

Can We Save American History From Partisan Politics?

This week, guest host Eric Boehm is joined by Colleen Shogan, the former archivist of the United States and head of the National Archives, the federal agency responsible for preserving presidential ...
Austin American-Statesman

When can we file taxes in 2026? See earliest date to file, how to track tax refund

Get your W-2s ready. In two weeks, the Internal Revenue Service will begin accepting 2025 tax returns. The 2026 tax season begins Jan. 26, the agency announced Thursday. “The Internal Revenue Service ...
The Atlantic

Can We Save the Internet?

In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel discusses the nightmare playing out on Elon Musk’s X: Grok, the platform’s embedded AI chatbot, is being used to generate and spread nonconsensual ...
The New Yorker

Can We Save Wine from Wildfires?

According to Mike Zolnikov, who tends a couple of acres of Pinot Noir and an acre of Chardonnay on a flat, slightly soggy patch of the central Willamette Valley, in Oregon, it had been a ...
The New York Times

Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘What We Can Know’

Ian McEwan’s latest novel, “What We Can Know,” is many things at once: It’s a science fiction imagining of a future world devastated by climate catastrophe; it’s a literary mystery about a scholar’s ...