Last Thursday, matplotlib developer Scott Shambaugh found himself in a peculiar situation. The day before, he had closed a pull request (PR) in the matplotlib project on the GitHub code repository. A ...

More than a dozen symbols linked to extremist ideology and terrorist groups have been formally banned by the Queensland government. Under recently introduced laws, the maximum punishment for breaching ...

Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first ...

For all its ills, social media can also be an entry point for anyone interested in Chicago history and the city’s varied eccentricities. This became apparent when the writer and photographer Cristen ...

The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Thursday (January 22, 2026), allotted ‘whistle’ symbol to actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for the upcoming Assembly elections in ...

X has changed the Iran flag emoji shown on its platform, replacing the Islamic Republic’s emblem with the older Lion and Sun symbol on the green, white and red tricolour.The change followed a user ...

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In a stunning and hasty reversal, the U.S. Coast Guard announced late Thursday that swastikas and nooses are prohibited hate symbols — erasing an attempt to soften their definition after the plan ...

The Coast Guard said Thursday a Washington Post report that claimed it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols is “categorically false.” “The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will ...

Ram is really thumping its chest with the return of the V8 to ensure anyone with hurt feelings is seeing the Hemi love fest. The 2026 Ram 1500 Ram 1500 brought back the Hemi V8 as an option, and the ...

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...