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A roundup of tech discussions, including breaking AES encryption, accelerating video annotation with Vidformer, and the surprising scalability of SQLite. All lead to Hacker News discussions. Read more...

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Forest rangers in Poland were surprised to discover a dead royal python in a forest near Grodzisk, highlighting the snake's non-native status and lack of natural predators in the region. Read more...

A roundup of quirky tech stories including Python empathy, CPU utilization gone wild, video encoding insights, OpenGL to WASM, and a video wall built from Chromebooks. Read more...