What’s New in Chrome 97? Exploring the WebTransport API
The article highlights Huawei’s recruitment of a young ICPC champion, discusses corporate policies at Tencent and Panasonic, and introduces Chrome 97’s new WebTransport API for secure, low‑latency web communication.
22‑year‑old prodigy Valeria Ryabchikova, winner of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) world championship, joined Huawei’s Russian research institute to work on intelligent computing acceleration.
She was joined the same day by ICPC semifinalist Ilya Khlyustov.
Huawei has long supported ICPC and invests heavily in top talent.
In a Tencent employee meeting, CEO Ma Huateng described the company as an “ordinary” firm that can be replaced, emphasizing stability and social responsibility.
Panasonic announced a four‑day work‑week option for employees to improve productivity and wellbeing, reflecting broader trends in flexible work arrangements.
Chrome 97 introduces WebTransport API
Chrome 97 stable release adds the WebTransport API, a protocol similar to WebRTC data channels that uses HTTP/3 for secure, low‑latency, bidirectional communication, relying on UDP‑like packets instead of TCP‑based WebSockets.
The API is currently a W3C working draft. The update also includes HDR detection CSS media queries, new JavaScript methods, and expanded support for local network applications.
Additionally, Chrome 97 adds a controversial Keyboard Map API that can identify special keyboard layouts, raising privacy concerns about potential fingerprinting; while Google will enable it, other browsers may disable it.
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