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 ...

Data work in 2026 asks for more than chart building. Professionals are expected to clean data, query databases, explain trends, and present findings clearly across business, finance, product, and ...

Astral creates Python development tools such as uv, a package and project manager, and Ruff, a linter and formatter.

Overview: Artificial intelligence offers faster growth and higher salaries, while data science offers stable, broad career ...