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| Hey Insiders, Today's issue covers CDF's report on DevOps adoption, new features in Chrome 114, and Databricks acquiring Bit.io. Sudarshan
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| 1 | | The adoption of DevOps practices increased among Developers in the first quarter of this year, with more than 80% of developers involved in DevOps activities, according to the Continuous Delivery Foundation. The CDF said there's no clear evidence of increased velocity in code changes. Rising project complexity might be offsetting the advantages of faster development. | | |
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| 2 | | New features in Chrome 114 include CSS [text-wrap: balance] for improving text layouts, the Popover API, pausing and debugging C and C++ code in WebAssembly applications with DWARF support, and more. It also includes the origin trial of Background Blur that allows developers to use the native platform's API for camera background segmentation. | | |
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| 3 | | Swift 5.8 will allow developers to adopt upcoming features through a new compiler flag and compilation condition. Developers can enable an upcoming feature by setting the compiler flag for a specific target, and in Xcode, the compiler flags can be added to the Other Swift Flags build setting. | | |
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| 4 | | Databricks acquired zero-config, scaleable cloud database bit.io, and the team is joining Databricks to enhance developer experience for data and AI. Bit.io is sunsetting its database product, and current databases will continue to be available till June 29. | | |
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| 5 | | Podman Desktop version 1.0 is now generally available with features for building and running containers, running Kubernetes locally, and connecting and deploying to remote OpenShift clusters. According to its product manager, Stevan Le Meur, using Podman Desktop for container management simplifies the process of working with containers for enterprise developers. | | |
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| 6 | | Acquisition talks between New Relic and potential suitors Francisco Partners and TPG have broken down as the private equity firms have failed to secure enough debt financing to match its valuation, according to Reuters. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported New Relic was exploring a $5B sale to the private equity firms. | | |
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| 7 | | Researchers at Dr. Web discovered an unknown Android spyware in 101 Android apps that have been downloaded over 420 million times. The spyware, dubbed SpinOk, connects to the device's command and control server and transmits technical information about the infected device upon activation. | | |
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