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I ignored Python in Excel for years, but now I can't work without it

Python has made using Microsoft Excel much easier than it has ever been, and it isn't very hard to start using it yourself.
CNA

OpenAI to buy Python toolmaker Astral to take on Anthropic

OpenAI said on Thursday it will acquire Python toolmaker Astral, as the ChatGPT owner looks to strengthen its portfolio ...
Wall Street Journal

A New Threat to Power Grids: Data Centers Unplugging at Once

Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system. The roughly 40 data centers, which had been ...
GitHub

Multi‐Project Testing in VS Code

The Python extension now supports multi-project workspaces, where each Python project within a workspace gets its own test tree and Python environment. This document explains how multi-project testing ...
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The US grid goes code red

A new report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation shows that large parts of the nation face demand that is well above supply. That almost certainly means blackouts, some of which ...
PV Tech

India faces rising solar curtailment as grid struggles to adapt – report

A massive 38GW of solar capacity was added in India in 2025, yet curtailment emerged as a key theme of the year. Image: SECI. India’s power system faced growing integration challenges in 2025 as solar ...
Reuters

China's power grid investments to surge to record $574 billion in 2026-2030

BEIJING, Jan 15 (Reuters) - China's State Grid will spend 4 trillion yuan ($574 billion) to upgrade the country's power grid between 2026 and 2030, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. That ...
pv magazine International

Grid code standards key to unlock Indonesia’s solar potential

New research shows how modern technical standards, combined with broader regulatory and grid reforms, are essential to ensure system reliability in the Indonesian electricity system as renewable ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
The New York Times

Once a Gamble in the Desert, Electric Grid Batteries Are Everywhere

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world. Andes Solar IV, one of the largest ...
Hackaday

Simple Tricks To Make Your Python Code Faster

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...