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Another year, another opportunity. For the nerdy ones, this is the right time to participate in some of the best hackathons that are out there. With hosts like Google DeepMind, Kaggle and Fractal having hackathons simultaneously, there is plenty of challenge on offer in 2026. Here you’ll find 5 of t...

If you use API keys in Python, you need a safe way to store them. This guide explains seven beginner-friendly techniques for managing secrets using .env files.

Hugging Face Spaces is a free way to host a portfolio with live demos, and this article walks through setting one up step by step.

Late last year, Google came up with a comprehensive plan to fix the current educational system for the better. How? Majorly with the help of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, in education. We had covered the plan in a detailed report at the time, which you can read here. Ever since, the tech giant’s A...

If you’ve worked with DeepSeek OCR, you already know it was efficient at extracting text and compressing documents. Where it often fell short was reading order and layout-heavy pages, multi-column PDFs, dense tables, and mixed content still needed cleanup. DeepSeek OCR 2 is DeepSeek’s answer to that...

Python dominates AI and machine learning for one simple reason: its ecosystem is amazing. Most projects are built on a small set of libraries that handle everything from data loading to deep learning at scale. Knowing these libraries makes the entire development process fast and easy. Let’s break th...

My favourite open-source AI model just got a major upgrade..Kimi K2.5 is here! LLMs excel at answering questions and writing code, but real work spans messy documents, images, incomplete data, and long decision chains. Most AI systems still struggle in these environments. Moonshot AI built Kimi K2.5...

AI systems now see images, hear speech, and process video, understanding information in its native form.

In this article, you will learn three practical ways to protect user data in real-world ML pipelines, with techniques that data scientists can implement directly in their workflows.

This article lists 7 under-the-radar Python libraries that push the boundaries of feature engineering processes at scale.

As the days go by, there are more benchmarks than ever. It is hard to keep track of every HellaSwag or DS-1000 that comes out. Also, what are they even for? Bunch of cool looking names slapped on top of a benchmark to make them look cooler… Not really. Other than the zany naming that […] The post 10...

Dates and times shouldn’t break your code, but they often do. These five DIY Python functions help turn real-world dates and times into clean, usable data.

Modern AI applications rely on intelligent agents that think, cooperate, and execute complex workflows, while single-agent systems struggle with scalability, coordination, and long-term context. AgentScope AI addresses this by offering a modular, extensible framework for building structured multi-ag...

I just downloaded the latest 4 Billion parameter model. I hit ‘Run‘. After a while, the Google Colab instance crashes. Sounds familiar? Well this is bound to happen if we don’t pay attention to the required VRAM and what VRAM we are providing to the model. Quantization is something that can help you...

At its core, ML involves algorithms that analyze data, recognize patterns, and make predictions. These models “learn” from past data to improve their performance over time. For example, an ML model trained on user purchase history can predict which products a customer might buy next. Artificial Inte...

Job descriptions of Data Engineering roles have changed drastically over the years. In 2026, these read less like data plumbing and more like production engineering. You are expected to ship pipelines that don’t break at 2 AM, scale cleanly, and stay compliant while they do it. So, no – “I know Pyth...

Python remains at the forefront data science, it is still very popular and useful till date. But on the other hand strengthens the foundation underneath. It becomes necessary where performance, memory control, and predictability become important.

In the past couple of years, we have seen vibe coding evolve from just an idea that sounded “fancy” to a full-time practice for many budding developers. What used to sound like a gimmick is now a must-have skill, even in the professional world. Proof? The recent round of funding secured by one such ...

Are you following the trend or genuinely interested in Machine Learning? Either way, you will need the right resources to TRUST, LEARN and SUCCEED. If you are unable to find the right Machine Learning resource in 2026? We are here to help. Let’s reiterate the definition of Machine Learning… Machine ...

Understanding data starts with statistics. These 7 statistics concepts give you the foundation to analyze and interpret with confidence.

Through the lens of a serial entrepreneur, this article explores how the AI revolution is shifting from infrastructure to the application layer, where the greatest opportunities lie in solving specialized, data-heavy industry problems rather than perfecting raw technology.

These five options make long-running jobs easier, faster, and less frustrating than Colab.

Talking to software feels natural now, until you need real business data. That’s where things usually break. MCPToolbox to Databases fixes this by giving AI agents safe, reliable access to production databases through a standardized MCP interface. Databases become first-class tools that agents can i...

AI can whip up Python code in no time. The challenge, however, is keeping the code clean, readable, and maintainable.