Google supports WordPress initiative to build cloud platform for local publishers
Google has announced in a blog post that it supports an initiative by Automattic, the creator of WordPress. Automattic wants to create a cheap publishing platform for small and medium-sized news organisations. The project was launched today under the name Newspack.
The project focuses mainly on loca... Read more
GoDaddy removes JavaScript injection that tracks performance websites
GoDaddy removed a JavaScript injection from his customers' websites because they were slowing down or even breaking them. That's what ZDNet reports. The injection was added to track which websites were slowing down.
The injection was discovered by programmer Igor Kromin, who had problems in the adm... Read more
Mozilla: Flash disabled by default from Firefox 69
The moment that no browser supports the Adobe Flash plug-in is fast approaching. Mozilla also stops supporting it and will do so this year with the release of Firefox 69.
Firefox 69 is Mozilla's third and final step in discontinuing Flash support. It has to be, because the very buggy plug-in will no... Read more
Microsoft unveils roadmap for TypeScript in 2019
Microsoft's free open source programming language TypeScript is undergoing a transformation in the first half of 2019.
TypeScript is Microsoft's implementation of JavaScript. According to SDTimes, Microsoft's announced improvement is a response to the continued growth and development of JavaScript.... Read more
Mendix holds its global low code conference in Rotterdam in 2019
Rotterdam will be the venue for the global Mendix World conference of low code specialist Mendix on 16 and 17 April of this year. The conference should be the world's largest low code meeting ever, as the originally Dutch company recently announced.
According to the low code specialist, the meeting ... Read more
Mozilla wants to release improved version Thunderbird in 2019
Mozilla will release a new version of its open source e-mail service Thunderbird this year. Not only will it provide better support for Gmail, but there will also be a new and improved user interface in the near future.
Mozilla will let you know in a new blog post on its website. As part of the pla... Read more
New variant Mirai malware abuses weak passwords IoT devices
Trend Micro security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Mirai malware that focuses on IoT devices. The malware, called Miori, wants to integrate those devices into a larger botnet and launch DDoS attacks. That's what Security Intelligence reports.
The malware was discovered at the begi... Read more
Popular programming language Python now in Microsoft Store to download
While most Linux and Unix systems have a native Python installation, Windows does not. To make Python available, the Python team has compiled Windows installers for many years. But that will come to an end, because Python can now be downloaded from the Microsoft Store.
The Microsoft Store version is... Read more
Google Chrome for Windows 10 gets dark mode
Google Chrome also gets a dark mode on Windows 10. That's what Peter Kasting from Google confirmed on Reddit, reports Techdows. There was already a dark theme available within the incognito window, but outside the private version of the browser it was not possible to use it.
Windows 10 already supp... Read more
Firefox ad was part of an experiment of Mozilla
At the end of last year, several Firefox browser users reported that they were seeing advertisements in the desktop version. Now it appears that this is an experiment and that no data has been shared with the partner companies of Firefox mother Mozilla.
The Venture Beat site reports this on the basi... Read more