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OpenAI buys Python toolmaker Astral to bolster Codex vs. Anthropic

OpenAI has agreed to acquire Astral, a startup behind widely used Python development tools, in a deal designed to sharpen its Codex coding assistant as competition with Anthropic intensifies. The ...
The Hacker News

Critical Langflow Flaw CVE-2026-33017 Triggers Attacks within 20 Hours of Disclosure

Langflow CVE-2026-33017 exploited in 20 hours after disclosure, enabling RCE via exec(), exposing systems before patching cycles.
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Linux Flaws, Python Ownage, And A Botnet Shutdown

Qualys reports the discovery by their threat research unit of vulnerabilities in the Linux AppArmor system used by SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, and ...

OpenAI acquires open-source Python tooling startup Astral

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools.  The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...
UC San Diego Today

A UC San Diego Tool Teaching Code to 25 Million is Even More Critical in Age of AI

UC San Diego cognitive scientist Philip Guo created Python Tutor, a free tool that makes code “visible” step by step. The research behind it earned a Test of Time award, recog ...
InfoWorld

I ran Qwen3.5 locally instead of Claude Code. Here’s what happened.

You can now run LLMs for software development on consumer-grade PCs. But we’re still a ways off from having Claude at home.

Scientists Discovered and Reconstructed a 13-Foot Prehistoric Python From Single Bone Found in Taiwan

Researchers have identified fossil evidence of a giant python — estimated to exceed 13 feet in length — that once lived on ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Stop typing the same 4 commands: How a simple Python script saves me time every day

Learn how to automate your Git workflow and environment variables into a single, error-proof command that handles the boring ...