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The secret Python switch: How one flag makes your scripts run faster

Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.
Microsoft

New Clickfix variant ‘CrashFix’ deploying Python Remote Access Trojan

CrashFix crashes browsers to coerce users into executing commands that deploy a Python RAT, abusing finger.exe and portable Python to evade detection and persist on high‑value systems.
The New Yorker

Pierre Huyghe’s A.I. Art Monster Takes Over a Night Club in Berlin

In “Liminals,” a terrifying, overwhelming new installation, the artist erases the boundary between humans and the void.

Thanks to one mad modder, we can now play Doom on an in-game computer inside another FPS

Escalating levels of FPS turducken.