Rust

Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy

Not so much when trying to convert coding veterans

Software06 Sep 2024 | 175

Rust for Linux maintainer steps down in frustration with 'nontechnical nonsense'

Community seems to C Rust more as a burden than a benefit

Software02 Sep 2024 | 182

LLM-driven C-to-Rust. Not just a good idea, a genie eager to escape

Opinion Automatic for the people? Don’t mind if we do

Software12 Aug 2024 | 89

DARPA suggests turning old C code automatically into Rust – using AI, of course

Who wants to make a TRACTOR pull request?

Research03 Aug 2024 | 146

CISA looked at C/C++ projects and found a lot of C/C++ code. Wanna redo any of it in Rust?

So, so many lines of memory-unsafe routines in crucial open source, and unsafe dependencies

Research28 Jun 2024 | 81

Bake an LLM with custom prompts into your app? Sure! Here's how to get started

Hands on In Rust, we trust. But in gen-AI to not hallucinate? Eh, that's another story

AI + ML22 Jun 2024 | 6

Rust rustles up fix for 10/10 critical command injection bug on Windows in std lib

BatBadBut hits Erlang, Go, Python, Ruby as well

Patches10 Apr 2024 | 57

Rust developers at Google are twice as productive as C++ teams

Code shines up nicely in production, says Chocolate Factory's Bergstrom

Devops31 Mar 2024 | 134

Rust can help make software secure – but it's no cure-all

Security is a process, not a product. Nor a language

Security08 Feb 2024 | 36

Google throws $1M at Rust Foundation to build C++ bridges

Chocolate Factory matches Microsoft money for memory safety

Devops05 Feb 2024 | 14

Microsoft seeks Rust developers to rewrite core C# code

Embrace, extend, and ... port?

Software31 Jan 2024 | 92

Burnout epidemic proves there's too much Rust on the gears of open source

Spotting and tackling a widespread problem is a challenge

Software22 Jan 2024 | 84

Rusty revenant Servo returns to render once more

Open Source Summit Mozilla gave it the boot, but the Linux Foundation Europe gave it the kiss of life instead

Software27 Sep 2023 | 10

The world seems so loopy. But at least someone's written a memory-safe sudo in Rust

Turns out we can have nice things?

Software02 Sep 2023 | 141

OctoX is a radical Rust implementation of a very old OS for RISC-V

There's still life in the wider Version 6 Unix family – and 9front too

OSes28 Jul 2023 | 19

Online muggers make serious moves on unpatched Microsoft bugs

Win32k and Visual Studio flaws are under attack

Security09 Jun 2023 | 3

GitHub dumps frustrating code search engine for Rust-powered Blackbird

Here's hoping for fewer head-desk moments for devs

Devops09 May 2023 | 6

Fed up with Python setup and packaging? Try a shot of Rye

For those envious of Rust and Cargo

Devops04 May 2023 | 47

Microsoft is busy rewriting core Windows code in memory-safe Rust

Now that's a C change we can back

CSO27 Apr 2023 | 115

If you don't get open source's trademark culture, expect bad language

Opinion Rust never sleeps. Sometimes it dozes at the wheel

Software24 Apr 2023 | 56

Rust Foundation so sorry for scaring the C out of you with trademark crackdown talk

Should have wrapped proposed rules on name and logo use in unsafe {} ?

Software17 Apr 2023 | 35

BianLian ransomware crew goes 100% extortion after free decryptor lands

No good deed goes unpunished, or something like that

Cyber-crime19 Mar 2023 | 7

Memory safety is the new black, fashionable and fit for any occasion

Calls to avoid C/C++ and embrace Rust grow louder

Software26 Jan 2023 | 74

Microsoft applies coat of Rust to Azure Sphere IoT platform

The hope? To grease the security skids for internet-connected devices – and they need all the help they can get

Edge + IoT13 Jan 2023 | 9

Google polishes Chromium code with a layer of Rust

Mozilla-incubated systems language should make Chrome shine

Software12 Jan 2023 | 7

Rust projects open to denial of service thanks to Hyper mistakes

If only there were some way to avoid...oh, there is? RTFM

Software06 Jan 2023 | 57

If GNU please: Rust support merged for the forthcoming GCC 13

Updated But don't get too excited. It's as preliminary as the kernel support

Software15 Dec 2022 | 7

'Merge window from Hell' opens as Linus Torvalds reveals Linux 6.1

Kernel boss won't consider code that's late, or hasn't already appeared in Linux-next, for version 6.2

OSes11 Dec 2022 | 5

Linux kernel 6.1: Rusty release could be a game-changer

Opinion Don't sob into your battered copy of K&R though, the shift will move slowly

OSes09 Dec 2022 | 57

Google reveals another experimental operating system: KataOS

Based on Rust, on top of seL4 – a big deal in the microkernel world

OSes17 Oct 2022 | 25

Linus Torvalds to kernel devs: Grow up and stop pulling all-nighters just before deadline

Release candidate one for Linux 6.1 has appeared

OSes17 Oct 2022 | 52

Linux 6.1: Rust to hit mainline kernel

New language will be official, probably within a couple of months

OSes05 Oct 2022 | 32

Is it time to retire C and C++ for Rust in new programs?

Column Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure CTO, thinks so

Software28 Sep 2022 | 197

Rust is eating into our systems, and it's a good thing

Opinion Language wars, huh, what are they good for?

Columnists26 Sep 2022 | 124

Linux luminaries discuss efforts to bring Rust to the kernel

Open Source Summit After 31 years, a second programming language will be allowed in

OSes16 Sep 2022 | 64

Linux 6.0 debuts, missing some Rusty bits and a magic mushroom reference

Don't read the diffstat too closely, says Linus Torvalds – it's mostly another massive AMD update

OSes15 Aug 2022 | 16

Meta approves four programming languages for workers and developers

Rust never sleeps and is henceforth welcome for backend services and CLI tools

Software27 Jul 2022 | 17

Luca Stealer malware spreads rapidly after code handily appears on GitHub

Cool, another Rust project ... Oh

Security26 Jul 2022 | 3

Hive ransomware gang rapidly evolves with complex encryption, Rust code

RaaS malware devs have been busy bees

Research06 Jul 2022 | 3

Linus Torvalds says Rust is coming to the Linux kernel 'real soon now'

Maintainer lack of familiarity won't be an issue, chief insists, citing his own bafflement when faced with Perl

OSes23 Jun 2022 | 65

Trio of Rust Core Team members take their leave

To lose an entire Moderation Team might be considered bad luck. But three of the Core Team?

Software01 Feb 2022 | 66

Rusty Linux kernel draws closer with new patch adding support for Rust as second language

Experimental – but good enough to start writing 'drivers and other modules'

Software07 Dec 2021 | 17

AWS previews SDKs for Rust, Kotlin, Swift, and Amplify Studio for rapid web apps

Re:invent Plus: Why company foresees growth of Rust, already widely used internally

Applications03 Dec 2021 |

Can Rust save the planet? Why, and why not

Re:Invent The snag: This programming language is safe and efficient, but hard to learn, impacting productivity

Devops30 Nov 2021 | 138

Rust dust-up as entire moderation team resigns. Why? They won't really say

Updated Welcome to 'The First Rust Governance Crisis'

Software23 Nov 2021 | 150

The Rust Foundation gets ready to Rumbul (we're sure new CEO has never, ever heard that joke before)

And while we're here, a quick look at why the language is taking off

Software19 Nov 2021 | 67

Keep calm and learn Rust: We'll be seeing a lot more of the language in Linux very soon

Opinion It's another string to your bow

Software10 Nov 2021 | 138

Latest patches show Rust for Linux project making great strides towards the kernel

Torvalds reckons 'it might be mergeable for 5.14'

Software05 Jul 2021 | 56

How to use Google's new dependency mapping tool to find security flaws buried in your projects

Millions of Rust, JavaScript, Go, Maven repositories scanned and visualized

Security04 Jun 2021 | 15

Rust 2021 edition to arrive in October with 'more consistent panic' and other new features

Also: Why Rust in Android will use the Soong build system, not Cargo

Software13 May 2021 | 26

Microsoft unveils Rust for Windows v0.9, with 'full consumption support' for the Windows API

Rust/WinRT moniker consigned to the garbage collection

Software10 May 2021 | 8

Facebook, it's cool to see you using Rust and joining the foundation, but please don't Zuck it up for all of us

Video Vows to make safe C++-alike 'a mainstream language of choice' as hundreds of devs wield it

Devops30 Apr 2021 | 19

Google putting its trust in Rust to weed out memory bugs in Android development

Not rewriting the whole OS, of course, but using the language going forward

Personal Tech07 Apr 2021 | 53

Foundation thrillogy: Rust programming language gets new home and million-dollar spending account

Mozilla moves Rust under a non-profit foundation

Devops08 Feb 2021 | 42

In Rust we trust: Shoring up Apache, ISRG ditches C, turns to wunderkind lang for new TLS crypto module

Elder server httpd to be revitalized with Google-funded memory-safe add-on

Devops02 Feb 2021 | 121

The API that will not die: Microsoft opens crypt to unleash Win32 on Rust

Going low-level with C# and more

Software25 Jan 2021 | 13