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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

For decades, coders wrote critical systems in C and C++. Now they turn to Rust. Many software projects emerge because—somewhere out there—a programmer had a personal problem to solve. That’s more or ...

When Fortanix launched in 2016, the company made a decision: It would commit to the one-year-old Rust's programming language to benefit from its security strengths and performance. Seven years later, ...

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 ...

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 ...

[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 ...