The npm blog has been discontinued.
Updates from the npm team are now published on the GitHub Blog and the GitHub Changelog.
Release: 6.10.3
A new version has been released! This adds better support for GitLab shorthands via an update to hosted-git-info, and better error handling and reporting when users encounter EACCES on their cache folder.
To get it, run:
npm install -g npm
Check out the changelog on npm.community.