The vessel operated by Shell Exploration and Production SA’s hirelings, Shearwater GeoServices, will, for five months, drag up to 48 air guns methodically through 6,011km² of ocean surface, firing extremely loud shock wave emissions that penetrate through 3km of water and 40km into the Earth’s crust below the seabed.

The lockdown has hit everyone hard. It’s not just the prospect of not being able to work that’s so difficult to deal with, it’s the mental health struggles that come with it. That’s why finding a way to occupy the mind is so important. By keeping themselves busy, someone will be able to get through the toughest moments of lockdown with much more ease. So, what can be done to keep the lockdown blues at bay?

Google Chrome is the most famous web browser in the world, with more than 62% of the market share of web browsers across all operating systems, according to the latest statistics from W3Counter. Since the majority of people use the Google Chrome browser to browse the Internet, it is essential for web developers to ensure that their applications and websites work well with it. Hence if you are a developer it is imperative that you have the right plugins to increase your productivity.

WP 5.5 deprecated support for jQuery Migrate may have caused at least 50,000 broken sites. An issue with how themes handle pagination is causing other sites to break after updating to 5.5. That’s a lot of publishers who were affected by this issue and there are likely going to be more who are seeking this solution. Fortunately there are solutions.

Your website is the face of your business. It tells the world who you are and what you stand for. Therefore, you can't put your web development in the hands of just anyone: you need to entrust it to the experts.

Between 2017 and 2018, Google produced a series of 24 short videos that saw digital designer Mustafa Kurtuldu interview a host of designers and developers about the various quirks of their profession, from “Becoming a Creative Coder” to “UX Research and Usability Testing.”

Two WordPress plugins, InfiniteWP Client And WP Time Capsule, contain serious security vulnerabilities that have opened up an estimated 320,000 websites to exploit. The pair, used to manage multiple WordPress websites from one server and create backups for files and database entries when updates are issued, were examined by cybersecurity researchers from WebArx who found “logical issues in the code that allows you to login into an administrator account without a password.”

Whether you work for an agency or as a freelance developer, telling a client “no” can be awkward or even risky. However, the old adage that “the customer is always right” isn’t true in every case. In fact, sometimes saying “no” is a necessity. Fortunately, if you turn clients down respectfully and explain your reasoning, these potentially difficult interactions can end up strengthening rather than harming your relationships.

It is essential to bring new customers to your e-commerce store, but it is more important to keep them coming back. Customer retention is better than customer acquisition. You can improve the loyalty of your regular customers, which, contrary to popular belief, is a bit more difficult for new customers.