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Is your enterprise website ready for 2025’s compliance standards? From HIPAA-mandated safeguards to ISO 27001 certification, meeting modern data security expectations isn’t optional—it’s a business requirement. This guide breaks down exactly what your site needs to stay secure, avoid penalties, and win trust in a privacy-first world.

DrupalCon Chicago 2026, March 23–26 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, seeks full-day training proposals on Drupal CMS 2.0 and Drupal-powered AI tools. Proposals complete with title, description, target experience level, and learning outcomes are due August 1, 2025 via email to meghan@association.drupal.org.

DrupalCamp Spain 2025 is seeking volunteers to help organise and run the event, taking place from September 18 to 20 in Santiago de Compostela. Join the team and support the Drupal community from the inside.

The Drupal core team has set December 2026 as the end-of-life date for Drupal 10 and scheduled disruptive API removals for Drupal 13.0.0. Drupal 12 remains on course for a mid-June 2026 launch, with security coverage for the 10.5.x series continued through June 2026.

Join the next AI webinar on July 24 to learn how to choose the right tools for content and marketing. Industry experts will share practical methods, open-source insights, and tips for responsible AI use in business.

DrupalCamp Pune 2025 has extended its session submission deadline to July 17, 11:59 PM IST. This final extension allows more community members to contribute talks and share their Drupal experiences.

Join the EvolveUX design feedback meetup in Montreal on July 29. Share your UX/UI work, get peer feedback, and connect with local designers. Free entry, snacks provided, limited to 70 attendees.

Drupal AI 1.2.0-alpha1 is now available for testing. The alpha release introduces Field Widget Actions, a Prompt Library, expanded AI Content Suggestions for Blocks and Taxonomy Terms, a request mocking library, support for additional file types and new AI Automator options. Developers can evaluate these features before the beta phase.

Registration is open for the 2025 PNW Drupal Summit, happening October 18–19 in Portland. Tickets are $100 and include meals, sessions, workshops, and community events. Early bird and financial assistance discounts are available now.

DICTU invites Dutch government organizations to a free cooperation day on 24 September in Zwolle to explore its Generic Intranet for Dutch Government (GIDD), a Drupal-based, standards-compliant social intranet that enables blogs, groups, seamless information sharing and robust search.

Join the Drupal Trivandrum (DrupalTVM) community on July 19 for a hands-on meetup at Coffee Day, Kowdiar. Learn about implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) in Drupal, set up local environments, and connect with fellow developers.

Drupal for Nonprofits will convene a free virtual chat at 1 p.m. ET on July 17, sponsored by NTEN. Nonprofit Drupal developers and users of all levels can join via Zoom (Meeting ID: 818 1746 9653, Passcode: 551681) or through local and international dial-in numbers.

In an exclusive interview with The DropTimes, Alphons Jaimon, AI Engineer at QED42, discusses his rapid transition from traditional web development to leading AI initiatives, sharing insights on integrating artificial intelligence with Drupal systems, building production-grade solutions like the Illinois Legal Aid chatbot, and his strategic approach to keeping complex AI processes separate from content management systems while maintaining seamless user experiences.

The Melbourne Drupal community returns on July 23, 2025, for a virtual meetup via Google Meet. With updates on DrupalSouth events, new Drupal 10.5/11.2 features, and a focus on CKEditor issues, the session welcomes contributions and lightning talks from attendees.

Mugesh S has added a Page Control option to the Drupal Views Infinite Scroll module, enabling site builders to set distinct item counts for the first page and all subsequent pages. This update enhances pagination flexibility, improves user experience, and integrates seamlessly with existing Infinite Scroll configurations.

Matt Dorman will lead a hands-on workshop at DrupalCamp Colorado 2025 on July 25–26, demonstrating JSON:API configuration for Drupal, WPGraphQL setup for WordPress, and React/Vue integration for headless content and commerce.

Symfony has introduced the Symfony AI Initiative, led by Fabien Potencier, offering AI components and bundles for PHP applications. The project provides a unified API for OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Google, Mistral, a framework for AI agents, data storage and retrieval tools, and an MCP implementation—all under active development in the symfony/ai mono-repository.

Drubernetes, developed by Colan Schwartz, automates Drupal deployments within Kubernetes clusters, secures internal traffic with network policies and centralizes ingress for public access. Available in the Terraform Registry, the module supports any managed or self-hosted Kubernetes environment.

A widely shared article about Drupal 11 turned out to be entirely fabricated, prompting swift action from the community and raising alarms about AI-generated misinformation in technical publishing. Here's what really happened, and what it means for Drupal’s future.

In The DropTimes Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 28, The DropTimes examines the rise of accessibility-first design within open source communities. It highlights the switch to IBM Plex and Atkinson Hyperlegible fonts, the embrace of semantic markup and keyboard navigation, and the broader impact on performance and content clarity. The issue also rounds up the latest Drupal news, module releases and upcoming community events.