New features discovered in Android 13 DP / Over 200 malicious npm packages removed / Microsoft introduces Azure Game Dev VM

Unleash raises a $14M Series A round

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According to Esper, Android 13 developer preview 2 revealed a hub mode, runtime permission for notifications, new Material You colors, updates to the privacy dashboard, and more. The developer preview was released on Mar. 18. More: A new communal mode, still a work in progress, will allow users to share apps that support hub mode between profiles on a common surface. Launching apps in split-screen multitasking mode from its notification, introduced in Android 12L, is included in the latest release. In Android 13, users will have to grant an app permission to send runtime notifications. The first beta release will include a new setting in Developer Options that will allow setting a bandwidth rate limit for all networks. Other updates include permission access data for the past seven days instead of 24 hours, full screen and status bar user profile switcher, etc.

The security research team at DevOps platform, JFrog, identified more than 200 malicious npm packages. The packages were removed by npm maintainers after being notified. More: The typosquatting attack targetted all npm developers who used any of the packages under the @azure, @azure -rest, @azure-tests, @azure-tools, and @cadl-lang scopes. A typosquatting attack refers to creating a malicious package with the same name as the existing package without the scope name. The malicious package, once installed, leaked personally identifiable identification (PII) details such as username, home directory, working directory, IP address of all network interfaces, and more.

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Microsoft announced the public preview of its Azure Game Development Virtual Machine and the general availability of the ID@Azure program. The VM will allow game developers to build and test games in a production-ready cloud environment. More: The pre-built VM comes with pre-installed Visual Studio, Unreal Engine, Quixel Bridge, Parsec, Perforce's P4V Client, Blender, and more. According to Microsoft, the pre-built VM will empower developers to spin up a workstation or build a server within five minutes. In the future, Microsoft will add new tools, integrations, and simplifications on top of the VM to make it easier for developers to build games in the cloud. The ID@Azure program provides startups and independent studios with free access to developer tools and support from industry experts. Zooming out: Coincidentally, the announcement came on the same day Amazon launched AWS for Games.

Feature management platform Unleash raised a $14M Series A round. The funding round was led by Spark Capital and saw participation from Frontline Ventures, firstminute capital, Alliance Venture, and Arkwright X.  More: Unleash's open-source platform enables developers to release, test, and validate new features more effectively and to targeted user groups. Unleash has been available on GitHub since 2015. The company was officially created in 2019, following which downloads increased by 548% to surpass 12 million.  Enterprise functionalities such as single sign-on are available through a paid version.  The Oslo-based startup plans to use the latest funding to expand its customer base in the U.S and Europe and scale product development and go-to-market activities.

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New Tools and Updates: Android launched Jetpack Core Performance library alpha, which will enable developers to obtain a device's performance class to understand its capability and tailor user experience accordingly.  GitLab released GitLab 14.9 with epic to epic linking, integrated security training, a new Environments page design, rule mode for scan results policies, and more.  AWS Lambda now supports ephemeral storage between 512 MB and 10 GB. Users will be charged for the amount of storage they configure over the free (512 MB) limit for the duration of invokes. Parcel v2.4.0 is available with new features and better performance. New features include @custom-media draft syntax, improved minification of custom properties, cascade layers, and more.  Microsoft is ending support for .NET 5.0 on May 8. It recommends developers upgrade to supported versions, .NET Core 3.1 or .NET 6.0.  Swift bugs is migrating JIRA to GitHub Issues in a two-phased approach to provide a better workflow for developers.

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Sudarshan lives in Toronto, Canada, and is an engineering graduate. He is passionate about business, tech, entrepreneurship, and politics. FUN FACT: Sudarshan worked for the election campaign teams of two heads of state in India. When he is not busy with work, he enjoys hiking, playing cricket, and cooking. Editor Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford.

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