Python is a remarkable language, but its latest addition is making some programmers thing that maybe it has lost its way - although it really does depend on what you think that way is. Pattern matching is a functional programming construct and Python is only slightly functional.

Preparing for a scenario in which most companies will adopt an open hybrid cloud approach, developers should focus in developing their open source skills. Two thirds of developers believe that contributions to open source projects impress potential employers and often result in better job opportunities.

SuperAnnotate and OpenCV are partnering to offer users of the OpenCV AI Kit (OAK) access to SuperAnnotate's NoCode platform with the aim of building a smart camera with AI, trained on their own examples.

Google has updated Apigee, its management platform. Apigee X brings together Google’s expertise in AI, security, and networking, to help companies better manage their APIs.

Kaggle's survey of data scientists reveals that the vast majority of data scientists are under 35 years of age, two-thirds have a graduate degree, and most have less than 10 years coding experience. It also finds that Scikit-learn is the most popular machine learning framework and JupyterLabs the preferred IDE.

Apache Arrow is now at version 3.0. The updated release improves support for the Arrow columnar format specification, has overhauled authentication in C++, Java and Python, and has a number of other improvements to C++ support. New in this release is support for Julia.

Some of our news items deserve a second chance. Here's one from June that is simply worth seeing. Salto is a tiny bouncing robot that proves that there is more than one way to build a robot. You can't help but think of an enthusiastic cartoon character as you watch Salto bounce along.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a Scientific and Technical Achievement award to Intel's Embree ray tracing library, in recognition of its role as a contributing innovation in the moviemaking process.

In the space of seven years Amazon's conversational agent Alexa has come to have an almost ubiquitous presence. It is now the subject of a growing body of research looking into its impact on children who now grow up surrounded by conversational agents.

Version 7 of npm CLI is now generally available and is now the official default version of the JavaScript package manager. The command line toolkit adds support for workspaces.

ScaleOut Software has improved the support for developing streaming analytics applications to run on its ScaleOut Digital Twin Streaming Service.