WordPress announced the second major release of the year, WordPress 6.0, with nearly 1,000 enhancements and bug fixes. WordPress recommends upgrading to the latest version for better stability, performance, and usability. More: - Developers can now easily switch between theme styles through the new Block theme option that contains multiple style variations.
- The latest release includes five new template options for block themes: author, date, categories, tag, and taxonomy.
- Performance-focused updates include improved page and post-load speed, reduced execution time of various query types, caching, navigation menus, and more.
- It also includes over 50 updates specifically focused on enhancing the accessibility of the platform.
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Google introduced Chrome Enterprise Connectors Framework, a collection of plug-and-play integrations to improve enterprises' cybersecurity that use the Chrome browser and Chrome OS devices. More: - The integrations will provide IT teams of enterprises with tools to manage workers' devices and report on security incidents.
- The new service will offer the following integrations:
- Netskope and Okta for network and user access;
- Blackberry, Samsung, and VMWare for endpoint management; and
- Splunk, Crowdstrike, and Palo Alto Networks for security insights and reporting.
- In addition, Google also introduced Chrome OS Data Controls to allow IT teams to define rules to prevent data leaks at endpoints.
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Chip manufacturer Broadcom is acquiring cloud computing company VMWare for approximately $61B in a cash and stock deal. Broadcom will also assume $8B of VMWare net debt. More: - Once the acquisition is closed, Broadcom Software Group will rebrand and operate as VMWare.
- The acquisition is expected to triple the size of Broadcom's software division and account for nearly 49% of the company's revenue.
- This is the second-biggest acquisition announced this year after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7B.
- In the past few years, Broadcom acquired CA Technologies and Symantec Corp's security division for $18.9B and $10.7B, respectively.
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Israel-based startup Certora raised a $36M Series B round. The funding round was led by Jump Crypto and saw participation from Tiger Global, Galaxy Digital, and existing investors. More: - Certora provides smart contract developers with security analysis tools to detect and prevent mistakes before deploying code post audits.
- The platform claims to have discovered a critical bug and prevented a pool-draining vulnerability in Sushiswap's Trident contract.
- Certora's platform is used by DeFi protocols like Aave, Balancer, Compound Finance, MakerDAO, Sushi, and more.
- Its team is 65 members strong and includes lectures from Cornell and the University of Washington and security researchers from JP Morgan.
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New Tools and Updates: - Android released the beta 2.1 version of Android 13 with stability improvements and fixes to certain issues.
- Chrome 103 beta comes with support for 103 Early Hints HTTPS response code for navigation, a new Federated Credentials Management API in origin trials, AbortSignal.timeout() static method, form rel attribute, and more.
- Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 5.18 with parisc fixes, driver updates, minor architecture fixes, core networking, and tooling improvements.
- AlmaLinux9 offers more performance metrics and the ability to apply kernel live patching in the web cockpit, a new FIPS module, the ability to use Smart Card authentication, integration with OpenSSL 3, etc.
- Payload, a headless CMS built on top of Express.js, MongoDB, and React, is now free and fully open-source through an MIT license.
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- GitHub announced the availability of GitHub Sponsors to developers in India. GitHub has over 8 million developers from India who have made over 200 million contributions in the past year.
- A security researcher discovered that privacy-focused DuckDuckGo allows Microsoft's tracker while blocking the ones from Google and Facebook. DuckDuckGo's CEO responded that the browser intentionally allows Microsoft trackers due to a search syndication agreement with the Redmond, Washington-based company.
- Human Rights Watch's analysis of 164 educational websites and apps in 49 countries found that 90% of them shared children's data with advertisers and data brokers.
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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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