The newly approved Python Enhancement Proposal 751 gives Python a standard lock file format for specifying the dependencies of projects. Here’s the what, why, and when.

Human-readable and machine-generated lock file will specify what direct and indirect dependencies should be installed into a Python environment.

Hackers of all sorts are getting an early Christmas present this year in the form of a resurrected PowerShell Empire post-exploitation framework all wrapped up in Python 3.

"We build products to fix what we see as a broken industry," reads the new Framework blogpost, "and few categories are as emblematic of the problems with consumer electronics as entry-level laptops.