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SpaCy is an open-source software library for advanced Natural Language Processing, written in Python and Cython. In this extract from a new book by Jannes Klass it is used to build a rule-based matcher that always classifies the word "iPhone" as a product entity. 
Thursday 16 May 
Python is the "batteries included" language - but is it? A recent heated talk at the Python Language Summit accused Python of having leaking batteries and suddenly the core developers are considering removing things from the standard library. What is the fuss all about? 
When Oracle abandoned NetBeans, many thought that the future looked bleak, but now more than two years on it has graduated to being a full Apache project. What does the future hold? 
Kotlin is everywhere, well at least for Android. This new Udacity course shows how developing for the platform has radically changed. 
Google, following the political line, has revoked Huawei's Android licence. Given Huawei has plans to be the biggest phone maker in the world, what does this mean for the Android community? 
Endless is a Linux distribution that comes with all the usual office and entertainment apps. It also includes a range of games involving visual coding with blocks or JavaScript, designed to kick-start kids into coding. 
In the spirit of sharing interesting items that we stumble across, here is a video of a lecture delivered by Peter Norvig as the latest Microsoft Research Distinguished Lectures Series. 
Not everyone is going to be able to afford a Spot Mini when it becomes available, but a Stanford Doggo is much more within reach. The only snag is that "some assembly is required". See Doggo in action! 
Google has added three new free courses on machine learning topics aimed at researchers, developers and students.They are on Clustering, Recommendation Systems and Testing and Debugging and take learners beyond the Machine Learning Crash Course. 
A Reverse Engineering workshop for absolute beginners comes from cybercrime researcher Ophir Harpaz. It is available, for free, online. 
Microsoft Graph data connect is now generally available. The announcement was made at this year's Build conference. Graph is a unified programmability model and APIs that can be used to access data within Office 365, Dynamics 365, Enterprise Mobility and Security, Windows 10, and Azure Active Directory. 
GitHub has announced GitHub Package Registry, a software package hosting service that allows you to host your packages and code in one place. Currently in limited private beta, it lets you host software packages privately or publicly and use them as dependencies in your projects.