PC World

Linux distros aren’t updating WebKit, making web browsers and email clients vulnerable

The WebKit rendering engine used in many Linux applications is a complete security mess. That’s the takeaway from a blog post by Michael Catanzaro, who works on GNOME’s WebKitGTK+ project. He’s ...

Safari 26.5 fixes WebKit bugs that could crash Safari or expose user data

Apple has published the full list of security fixes for Safari 26.5, including a WebKit vulnerability that could let ...
ZDNet

The real reason why Google forked WebKit

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Update your older iPhone, iPad, or Mac now, to get new fixes for WebKit, Wi-Fi & kernel flaws

On Monday, Apple released critical security updates for iPads, Macs, and iPhones running older operating systems to fix ...
CNET

Google parts ways with Apple over WebKit, launches Blink

Both Chrome and Safari will move faster when uncoupled from each other, Google argues. But it's not just about technology: Social issues also factored into the schism. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...
Visual Studio Magazine

WebKit and the Render Wars

On Feb. 13, Opera Software, maker of the Opera Web browser, announced it would be ditching its own Presto HTML rendering engine and adopting WebKit. WebKit is the rendering engine first used in ...
CNET

Opera embraces WebKit in browser brain transplant

The Norwegian software company plans to throw its weight behind the browser engine used by Google and Apple this year instead of developing its own. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...
ZDNet

Blink! Google forks WebKit

While some people may have been surprised that Google has finally made Blink, its own fork of the popular WebKit Web browser engine, in Web developer circles this move came as no surprise. As Adam ...
eWeek

Apple Opens Safari Browsers WebKit

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...
Ars Technica

Does WebKit face a troubled future now that Google is gone?

Now that Google is going its own way and developing its rendering engine independently of the WebKit project, both sides of the split are starting the work of removing all the things they don’t ...
Wired

What Google's WebKit Fork Means for the Web and Web Developers

If you were secretly hoping that all web browsers would one day give up and adopt the WebKit rendering engine, we've got some bad news for you – Google just crushed those dreams. Google has announced ...