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Author: Erik Peterson

A ProHoster specialist with over seven years of experience in hosting, network infrastructure, and internet security. I participate in the development and maintenance of server solutions, VPN services, and client platforms. I specialize in stability, data protection, and service optimization for clients. I regularly monitor updates in industry standards and best practices.

In Debian GNU/Hurd, 75% of Debian packages are built

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The developers of the GNU/Hurd project have presented a report on the recent achievements and current status of the project. Recent accomplishments of GNU/Hurd include: In the Debian GNU/Hurd distribution, the ability to build 75% of packages from the Debian archive has been ensured (up from 58% in 2023). The port for the x86_64 architecture has been stabilized, enabling the creation of Debian packages for x86_64 systems, and porting to ARM64 systems has begun. Initial support has been added.

The first public release of ANet, a stack for creating secure tunnels

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The ANet Project (ANet Secure Transport Protocol) is developing an alternative stack for organizing secure tunnels intended for connecting private networks under conditions where standard solutions (WireGuard, OpenVPN) are not applicable due to various circumstances. The project is positioned not as another fork of WireGuard, but as a "Friends-to-Friends VPN" emphasizing the use of proven cryptographic algorithms and autonomous operation in […]

An attack on the Notepad++ project led to selective replacement of updates.

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The developers of Notepad++, the open-source code editor for the Windows platform, have published an analysis of an incident in which the network infrastructure of a provider was compromised and some Notepad++ users received altered executable files downloaded using the WinGUp automatic update delivery system. The attack was carried out through selective traffic redirection between the user and the update download server. The alteration was made possible due to a vulnerability in the […]

Intel showcased a prototype of a massive AI chip featuring four logic blocks and 12 HBM4 stacks.

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Intel Foundry has released a promotional document detailing the company's advanced solutions in the development and implementation of hardware for artificial intelligence applications and high-performance computing. Intel also showcased a "test chip sample for AI" demonstrating the company's current packaging capabilities. Intel exhibited a system in package (SiP) the size of eight photomasks of standard chips, featuring four logic blocks, […]

Firefox has introduced a setting to disable AI and activated a split-screen mode

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The codebase for the upcoming Firefox 148 release, scheduled for February 24, has added the previously promised setting to completely disable all AI-related features. The parameter "browser.preferences.aiControls" has appeared on the about:config page, after which a section for managing AI usage appears on the settings page. Users can disable all AI functions at once or selectively […]

The release of the free emulator for classic quests ScummVM 2026.1.0

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After a year of development, the release of the free cross-platform interpreter for classic adventures, ScummVM 2026.1.0, is now available. This version replaces executable files for games and allows many classic games to run on platforms for which they were not originally intended. The project code is distributed under the GPLv3+ license. It supports the ability to run over 500 quests, including games from companies like LucasArts, Humongous Entertainment, Revolution Software, Cyan, and Sierra, […]

The cost of progress: Oracle has not found funding for new data centers and may lay off up to 30,000 employees.

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Oracle does not rule out the possibility of reducing its workforce by 20,000 to 30,000 employees and selling off parts of its divisions, as American banks have refused to finance the company's program to expand data centers for artificial intelligence systems. This information was reported by CIO based on details from investment bank TD Cowen. The large-scale workforce reduction would free up for Oracle […]

The attackers managed to insert undetected malicious code into the Plone repository.

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Developers of the open-source content management system Plone, written in Python and JavaScript/NodeJS, have announced an incident in which malicious code was added to the project's GitHub repository. Initially, three changes appeared in the repository on January 7 (1, 2, 3), adding malicious code to the project's JavaScript files (1, 2, 3). An analysis of the incident revealed that the integration of the malicious code […]

Release Pingora 0.7, a framework for creating network services

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Cloudflare has released version 0.7 of the Pingora framework, designed for developing secure, high-performance network services in Rust. The Pingora proxy has been used in Cloudflare's content delivery network for over two years, replacing nginx, and handles over 40 million requests per second. The code is written in Rust and is published under the Apache 2.0 license. Key features […]

The scx_horoscope, an astrological task scheduler for the Linux kernel, has been released.

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Lucas Zampieri from Red Hat has released a humorous task scheduler, scx_horoscope, which allocates CPU resources based on astrological principles, taking into account zodiac signs and planetary positions at the current time. The project is being developed for educational and entertainment purposes. The primary aim of scx_horoscope is to teach and demonstrate the use of the 'sched_ext' (SCX) mechanism, which allows the use of eBPF to create schedulers […]

OGC: An alliance has been formed to develop unified components for gaming Linux distributions.

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Developers of eight Linux distributions focused on providing environments for running computer games have formed the Open Gaming Collective (OGC) working group to collaboratively develop a unified set of components and promote prepared changes to the core of the projects that make up the open gaming stack. Joining the initiative were the distributions Universal Blue (Bazzite), Nobara, ChimeraOS, Playtron, Fyra Labs, PikaOS, ShadowBlip, and ASUS Linux. It is expected that […]

GTK+ 1.3 port is available for Windows 11

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A port of the GTK+ 1.3 library has been prepared, working on Windows 11 and compiled using modern development tools like MSVC 2022 and CMake. All standard examples work (helloworld, testgtk). The result looks authentic, and the RAM consumption when launching examples is 1.7 MB. Plans include writing a rendering backend for the GDK library that will allow using SDL 1.2 and SDL3, which will expand the range of […]

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