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Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has penned a new blog post that highlights what he sees as the three biggest challenges to the Web: “We’ve lost control of our personal data,” “It’s too easy for misinformation to spread on the Web,” and “Political advertising online needs transparency and understanding.” In […]

Facebook’s React Native framework has become a very popular tool for Web developers who want to create native mobile apps using the JavaScript that they already know. Now the social network is making it easier to use React Native with the Create React Native App (CRNA) tool. Co-created by Facebook and Expo, CRNA eliminates the […]

A group of researchers from Northeastern University has published a new study of 133,000 websites which found that 37 percent used at least one JavaScript library with a known security vulnerability. According to the analysis, “36.7 percent of jQuery, 40.1 percent of Angular, 86.6 percent of Handlebars, and 87.3 percent of YUI inclusions use a […]

The Stack Overflow Jobs website has released some new data on hiring trends that offers an interesting look at popular Web development tools. One of the fastest-growing skills desired was ReactJS, Facebook’s open source JavaScript library. “Jobs tagged with and targeted to ReactJS developers include such titles as Full Stack Web Developer, Front End Javascript […]

In recent years, millions of household brands have switched to WordPress because it’s known for offering improved security, performance, and reliability across all fronts. From Facebook and Disney to Verizon and ebay, WordPress now powers more than a quarter of all websites worldwide. Despite such popularity, you may still be wondering: what are the benefits […]

Many Web developers rely on Google’s reCAPTCHA service as a way for users to prove that they are humans and not machines. According to Google, the newest version of the service will be invisible to most end users thanks to machine learning. CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans […]

A new report from StatCounter shows that nearly as many people are using Android to access the Web as are using Windows. Last month, Windows had 38.6 percent of the global market share, while Android had 37.4 percent. “The idea of Android almost matching Windows would have been unthinkable five years ago,” said StatCounter CEO […]

Mozilla has released Firefox 52, and the updated version of the browser is noteworthy for two very different reasons. It is both the first version of Firefox to support WebAssembly and the last that will support Windows XP. WebAssembly is a new industry standard bytecode intended to speed up downloads and Web page loading. It […]

WordPress has released version 4.7.3 of its open source blogging and content management system (CMS). It includes six security patches and 39 bug fixes, including remedies for three cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws and a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue. Security experts recommend that Web developers who use WordPress turn on automatic updates to make sure […]

It’s no secret that the Internet and social media are growing rapidly, but an updated report from We Are Social makes it clear just how quickly the Web is expanding. Highlights from the report include the following: Since January 2012, 1.7 billion new people have become Internet users; that’s an 82 percent increase. 1 million […]

According to Mozilla Senior Staff Engineer Luke Wagner, four major browsers have agreed to begin enabling WebAssembly. “We expect to see WebAssembly in Firefox and Chrome this month,” Wagner said. “We can’t speak for the release schedules of Edge and Safari, but since both browsers’ engines are open source, we can observe compatible implementations, which […]

Microsoft is temporarily increasing the bug bounties it pays to researchers who find security vulnerabilities in five key domains related to Office 365. Between March 1 and May 1, developers and researchers can earn between $1,000 and $30,000 for finding bugs in portal.office.com, outlook.office365.com, outlook.office.com, *.outlook.com or outlook.com. Payouts depend on the severity of the […]