TIOBE Index for February 2026: Specialized Languages Gain Ground as Python’s Lead Eases

February 2026 TIOBE Index shows Python still far ahead, C strengthening in second, C# rising, and R holding the top 10 as rankings compress.
InfoQ

Are You Missing a Data Frame? The Power of Data Frames in Java

Vladimir Zakharov explains how DataFrames serve as a vital tool for data-oriented programming in the Java ecosystem. By ...
The Register on MSN

GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop

Code community site begins to see that AI could drive people away updated GitHub, the Microsoft code-hosting shop that ...
Analytics Insight

Top LLM Books for Learning from Beginner to Advanced in 2026

Large language models power everyday tools and reshape modern digital work.Beginner and advanced books together create a ...
EL PAÍS English

How does artificial intelligence think? The big surprise is that it ‘intuits’

Something extraordinary has happened, even if we haven’t fully realized it yet: algorithms are now capable of solving ...
Wall Street Journal

The Row Over South Korea’s Push for a Native AI Model: Chinese Code

SEOUL—Last June, the South Korean government launched a competition to create a new independent AI model developed with Korean technology. A homegrown tool like that was critical to ensuring Korea’s ...
Wall Street Journal

Meta Is Developing a New AI Image and Video Model Code-Named ‘Mango’

AI tools like Google’s Veo 3 and Runway can now create strikingly realistic video. WSJ’s Joanna Stern and Jarrard Cole put them to the test in a film made almost entirely with AI. Watch the film and ...
CNBC

Sam Altman expects OpenAI to exit 'code red' by January after launch of GPT-5.2 model

OpenAI on Thursday announced GPT-5.2, its most advanced artificial intelligence model. The company said the model is better at creating spreadsheets, building presentations, perceiving images, writing ...
Wired

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’

The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors. OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.2, its smartest artificial intelligence model yet, with ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
Computerworld

What does OpenAI’s ‘Code Red’ warning mean for Microsoft?

Google’s new Gemini 3 AI model is beating the pants off OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and it’s embedded in an array of Google products — a threat that Microsoft can’t ignore. Three years ago, OpenAI jumpstarted ...
The New York Times

OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop

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