Here’s a concise summary of the news article about Pipask:

Pipask is a safer alternative to the standard `pip` package installer. It enhances security by performing checks – including repository popularity, package age, known vulnerabilities, and metadata verification – before installing packages, often prompting user consent for potentially risky installations. It leverages PyPI’s JSON API and multiple data sources like OSV.dev and pypistats.org to gather information. While it primarily uses PyPI’s metadata, it falls back to standard `pip` for installation if approved, and can be easily installed via `pipx` or `pip`.