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So apparently since the last time we spoke StartSSL got in trouble with the major browsers because it was issuing SHA1 signed certificates after the stated cut off date. To make matters worse, they forged the issuance date in attempt to remain on SHA1.

The BBC recently featured an article about people's names that break databases. It reminds me of an excellent talk that I saw at YAPC::NA - 2015, by Nova Patch (patch), Hello, my name is ___. While the article from the BBC touches on many of the issues, the core of the talk by patch is how much our identities are wrapped up in our names.

Chad 'Exodist' Granum is nearing a stable release of Test2 and a replacement for Test::Builder!

Oracle has released 248 CVEs as part of their Q1 Critical Patch Update.

Joel Berger has been at it again and brings us a nifty module that supports notifications for Minion - Minion::Notifier. While this is a preview release, it makes Minion look even more appealing as a job queue as you can now watch and be notified that a job has been completed.

The jQuery development team has announced the release of jQuery 3.0 Beta.

Chad Granum, who I am fortunate to have seen present at YAPC::NA::2015, is requesting approval from the Perl Foundation to work on Test::Simple and Test::Stream. I fully support this effort and hopefully it will be approved during this round of proposals.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Chrome OS is going to be combined with Android as early as next year.

Once again more data stolen.