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Opera working on faster JavaScript engine

Carakan, intended to be world's fastest JavaScript engine, will be released in as-yet-undetermined version of the Opera browser Opera is working on a JavaScript engine, called Carakan, which is ...

CrowdStrike acquires browser security startup Seraphic Security for $400M

CrowdStrike plans to integrate Seraphic’s technology with its flagship Falcon cybersecurity platform. The development effort ...
Network World

Microsoft to open source the Edge browser JavaScript engine

The Edge browser that comes with Windows 10 shows a marked improvement in performance, particularly in the area of JavaScript performance. Now Microsoft wants to amp up performance even more, and is ...
CSOonline

Google patches third zero-day flaw in Chrome this year

The vulnerability in the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine is rated as high severity and was discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group. The Google Chrome team issued an update to fix a high-severity ...
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Node.js welcomes Microsoft’s Chakra JavaScript engine

Node has traditionally been focused on Google's V8 JavaScript engine, but adding ChakraCore support will allow developers to target more platforms Microsoft on Tuesday submitted a pull request to Node ...