OpenAI has acquired Astral, the company behind Python tools uv and Ruff, to integrate them into its Codex platform as it competes with Anthropic's Claude Code.

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GlassWorm attack uses stolen GitHub tokens to inject malware into Python repositories, exposing developers to supply chain risks.

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