Année : 2026

Scraping thousands of web pages can take hours, especially when you are collecting data for enterprise applications, market research, price monitoring, or large-scale AI systems. The challenge is not just scraping pages quickly, but making sure the process is reliable, scalable, and easy to manage. I wanted to see how fast I could scrape 10,000 web pages using Python and… […]

Researchers have developed a surprisingly simple way to separate crude oil without heating it, potentially transforming one of the world’s most energy-intensive industrial processes. The breakthrough uses an inexpensive membrane that could significantly reduce the energy required for oil refining while lowering operating costs and carbon emissions. The international research effort was led by Professor Dong-Yeun Koh at the Korea… […]

Scientists have developed a new way to change the internal structure of glass while it is being made, giving them greater control over properties such as magnetism and the way the material interacts with light. The discovery could open the door to advanced glasses with capabilities that were previously difficult or impossible to achieve. The breakthrough comes from a collaboration… […]

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Texas was the new epicenter of the AI data center buildout. That might be kaput. Texas is the fastest-growing data center market in the US and ground zero for Big Tech’s largest AI buildouts. But the… […]