Python 3.14 was the star of the show in 2025, bringing official support for free-threaded builds, a new all-in-one installation manager for Windows, and subtler perks like the new template strings ...

Shortest path algorithms sit at the heart of modern graph theory and many of the systems that move people, data, and goods around the world. After nearly seventy years of relying on the same classic ...

After what has been considered a pretty good patch, Path of Exile 2 is receiving a new update called "The Last of the Druids." As the name implies, this new update is focused on the Druid, a new class ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Google Colab, also known as Colaboratory, is a free online tool from Google that lets you write and run Python code directly in your browser. It works like Jupyter Notebook but without the hassle of ...

Tracking down the Well of Souls in Path of Exile 2's new Rise of the Abyssal league is the main way you start engaging with the seasonal mechanics. You'll likely have spotted the green-glowing rifts ...

Path of Exile 2 has a number of quests that appear seemingly out of the blue, and for players who have made it to Act II, ...

If you've held off playing one of the chief Diablo competitors, now's your chance: Path of Exile 2 will be free to play for the first time, albeit temporarily. Alongside the next big update, this ...