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 ## Library & Tooling Updates
 
+### [glam]
+
+[glam] 0.10.0 was released. There were a lot of additions in this update and a
+small breaking change.
+
+The return type of `Vec4::truncate()` was changed from `Vec3A` to `Vec3` which
+is a breaking change and thus the version jumped from 0.9 to 0.10.
+
+Vector swizzle functions similar to those found in [GLSL] were added. Swizzle
+functions allow a vectors elements to be reordered. The result can be a vector
+of a different size to the input. Swizzles are implemented with SIMD
+instructions where possible, e.g. for the `Vec4` type.
+
+```rust
+let v = vec4(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0);
+
+// Reverse elements of `v`, if SIMD is supported this will use a vector shuffle.
+let wzyx = v.wzyx();
+
+// Swizzle the yzw elements of `v` into a `Vec3`
+let yzw = v.yzw();
+
+// You can swizzle from a `Vec4` to a `Vec2`
+let xy = v.xy();
+
+// And back again
+let yyxx = xy.yyxx();
+```
+
+[no_std] support was added, using [libm] for math functions that are not
+implemented in `core`.
+
+Optional support for the [bytemuck] crate was added, this allows appropriate
+glam types to be cast into `&[u8]`.
+
+For a full list of changes see the [glam changelog].
+
+[glam]: https://github.com/bitshifter/glam-rs
+[GLSL]: https://www.khronos.org/opengl/wiki/Data_Type_(GLSL)#Swizzling
+[no_std]: https://rust-embedded.github.io/book/intro/no-std.html
+[libm]: https://github.com/rust-lang/libm
+[bytemuck]: https://docs.rs/bytemuck
+[glam changelog]: https://github.com/bitshifter/glam-rs/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
+
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