Chromium, the open-source project behind Google Chrome, is enabling new support for Rust in its otherwise C++ codebase, if only in a limited fashion for now. Chromium, the project underpinning ...

In context: Rust is a contemporary, general-purpose programming language designed to inherently ensure memory safety. Programs written in Rust are notably more secure, as various classes of bugs and ...

Google's decision to use Rust for new code in Android in order to reduce memory-related flaws appears to be paying off. Memory safety vulnerabilities in Android have been more than halved – a ...

Use of the Rust programming language is on the rise, with respondents to a recent survey about the language reporting an uptick in weekly usage. However, some users also reported struggles. Among ...

In an ongoing thread on the Linux kernel mailing list, Greg Kroah-Hartman, a senior project developer, for one urged fellow contributors to embrace those interested in contributing Rust code to ...

Memory-safety exploits account for 70 percent of vulnerabilities ...

The Tor Browser, a heavily modified version of the Firefox browser with many privacy-enhancing features, will include more code written in the Rust programming language. Tor Project developers have ...

Something to look forward to: Created by software developer Graydon Hoare while working at Mozilla Research in 2006, Rust keeps growing in popularity and winning new supporters among big tech ...

A survey of Rust users finds difficulty and frustration with the language’s highly touted features for memory safety and correctness A new survey of the Rust user community, conducted by the Rust ...

[Click on image for larger view.] The rust-analyzer Extension (source: Microsoft). "Rust is a powerful programming language, often used for systems programming where performance and correctness are ...