The Linux Foundation had a lot of news to share during the first day of its Open Source Summit in Vienna, Austria. Several new subgroups have been formed within the organization to support popular technologies and practices. Here are some highlights from Day 1: Announcing the Developer Relations Foundation The organization announced plans to form the Developers Relations Foundation (DRF) , which will focus on driving interest and awareness into the importance of the developer relations (DevRel) role within software development. Its Steering committee will include members from global DevRel leaders, and according to the Linux Foundation, the new group already has support from DevRel communities, including Aerospike, Ant Group, Hookdeck, MoonGift, SUSE, and TraceLink. “Establishing the Developer Relations Foundation is a pivotal moment for our community,” said Stacey Kruczek, director of developer relations and community at Aerospike. “This foundation will create a unified, sup
Google is announcing several new Chrome features aimed at better protecting users as they browse the web. Safety Check — a tool that checks for compromised passwords, Chrome updates, and other potential security issues in the browser — has been updated to run automatically in the background so that it can be more proactive in protecting users. It will now inform users whenever it takes actions, such as revoking permissions from sites that haven’t been visited in a while or flagging potentially unwanted notifications. Safety Check also now automatically revokes notification permissions for a site if Google Safe Browsing determines that site deceived users into granting permission in the first place. In a similar vein, Android users will now be able unsubscribe from site notifications in one click by tapping the “Unsubscribe” button that will now appear in the notifications drawer. This feature is now available on Pixel devices and will be available on more Android devices down th