Author: ProHoster

Compact computer Kontron KBox B-202-CFL received the ninth generation Intel Core chip

Kontron has announced a new small form factor computer, the KBox B-202-CFL series, which can be used in areas such as image processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence applications, etc. The device uses a Mini-ITX motherboard (170 × 170 mm). It is possible to install a ninth generation Intel Core processor of the i7, i5 or i3 series. The amount of DDR4 RAM can reach 32 GB. […]

OpenSSH 8.2 release with support for FIDO/U2F two-factor authentication tokens

After four months of development, the release of OpenSSH 8.2, an open implementation of a client and server for working over the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols, was presented. A key improvement in the release of OpenSSH 8.2 is the ability to use two-factor authentication using devices that support the U2F protocol developed by the FIDO Alliance. U2F allows the creation of low-cost hardware tokens to confirm the physical presence of the user, interacting with which […]

PostgreSQL update with vulnerability fix. pgcat replication system release

Corrective updates have been generated for all supported PostgreSQL branches: 12.2, 11.7, 10.12, 9.6.17, 9.5.21 and 9.4.26. Release 9.4.26 is final - preparation of updates for branch 9.4 has been discontinued. Updates for branch 9.5 will be generated until February 2021, 9.6 - until November 2021, 10 - until November 2022, 11 - until November 2023, 12 […]

More than 500 malicious add-ons removed from Chrome Web Store

The results of blocking a series of malicious add-ons to the Chrome browser have been summed up, the victims of which were several million users. At the first stage, independent researcher Jamila Kaya and Duo Security identified 71 malicious add-ons in the Chrome Web Store catalog. In total, these add-ons totaled more than 1.7 million installations. After informing Google about the problem, […]

The GARANT system is available for Linux

The Garant company offers to download the distribution kit of its electronic periodical legal reference book for Linux OS. It is stated that the GARANT system will work on Linux without using the Wine emulator (the “Without Wine” icon in the corner of the site). According to the information on the website, the cross-platform version of the system “can be installed to work on some operating systems of the Linux and Base Alt family, as well as […]

Telegram + 1C + Webhooks + Apache + Self-signed certificate

Many lines have been written about the integration of Telegram and 1C. But nowhere did I see complete instructions for installing and configuring webhooks. I'll try to write it. For all this we will need (or it would be more correct to say what was used by me): Apache 2.2.24 OpenSSL (included in the Apache installation) 1C (with web server modules) Your own domain A created bot in Telegram (I will not describe [...]

Webinar "Top Ten Agile Challenges and How to Overcome Them in an Hour" February 17 at 20:00 Moscow time

TL;DR On February 27-29 we are holding Slurm Agile. As we like, it will contain 20% theory and 80% practice (training). Slurm Agile is led by expert consultant Marina Alex and Agile practitioner, development director at the international product company PropellerAds, Anatoly Ivanov. On February 17 at 20:00 Moscow time we are holding a webinar where Marina Alex examines 10 pains that she hears […]

Installing or-tools with SCIP and GLPK in a Python 3.7 virtual environment on Linux

I decided to take part in the competition and needed to use packages for solving optimization problems. I chose the Google tool or-tools, which is an interface for different solvers (or solvers? solvers?). It contains several optimization tools, but the creators claim support for several external packages, including commercial Gurobi and CPLEX. However, we are not rich people, [...]

Tom Holland: Uncharted adaptation has a great script, and Mark Wahlberg would be perfect as Sally

Sony Pictures' Uncharted film, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, has a long and notorious production history. Since its initial announcement, the project has already lost as many as six directors for reasons ranging from creative differences to scheduling conflicts. Recently, actor Tom Holland gave an interview to IGN and expressed his enthusiasm for the film in which he will play […]

Activision games are missing from the GeForce NOW catalog due to a simple misunderstanding

Earlier this week, NVIDIA removed Activision Blizzard games from the catalog of the GeForce NOW cloud service. As it turned out, the reason was a misunderstanding between the parties. According to Bloomberg, Activision Blizzard wanted to enter into a commercial agreement with NVIDIA after beta testing of the service ended. But since the publisher was participating in the "beta", NVIDIA believed that the collaboration was extended to an initial trial period after […]