--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 165" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 165 published_at: "2016-12-01" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/165" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 165 This week's Node news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/165) Node WeeklyDecember 1, 2016 #165 Adam Baldwin [Node.js Foundation Adopts The Node Security Project](https://medium.com/lift-security/were-donating-the-node-security-project-to-the-node-js-foundation-1776e351394a)Lift Security and &yet are donating the Node Security Project and its data to the Node Foundation. Node.js Foundation [IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla & NodeSource Join Forces on Node API](https://medium.com/@nodejs/ibm-intel-microsoft-mozilla-and-nodesource-join-forces-on-node-js-48e21ffb697d)The Node.js Foundation’s mission to grow Node everywhere is progressing with efforts to define a stable API that’s independent of V8 and would allow VMs to be more easily switched in future. Microsoft Edge Dev Blog [Node-ChakraCore and VM Neutrality in Node](https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2016/11/29/node-chakracore-vm-neutrality/#TUPtTSkDWbv8o2Tc.97)Further to the above news, the Node.js build system is now producing nightly builds of Node-ChakraCore, a Node build based on Microsoft’s JavaScript VM. Codiscope JacksSponsor [Jacks: Not Your Parents' Source Code Analysis Tool](https://jacks.codiscope.com)Jacks highlights areas you can secure your code and shows you how to improve it with expert advice, in-depth courses, and proven code fixes. Try it on a public repository now (no sign-up required). 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