Author: Yuri Gagarin

Electrical brain stimulation has helped the memory of elderly people catch up to that of younger individuals.

From treating depression to reducing the effects of Parkinson's disease and awakening patients in a vegetative state, brain stimulation with electric currents holds immense potential. One of the new studies focused its efforts on halting the decline in cognitive abilities by enhancing memory and learning capabilities. An experiment conducted by scientists from Boston University demonstrated a non-invasive technique capable of restoring functionality […]

How to Connect GitLab and Pantheon and Optimize Workflows for Drupal and WordPress

Our guest, the creator of developer tools at Pantheon, discusses how to automate WordPress deployments using GitLab CI/CD. At Pantheon, I handle developer relations, so I'm always looking for new ways to help WordPress and Drupal developers tackle problems with automation in their workflows. For this, I love experimenting with new tools and combining them with each other […]

The VSCodium project develops a fully open version of the Visual Studio Code editor.

As part of the VSCodium project, a build of the Visual Studio Code (VSCode) editor is being developed, containing only free components, stripped of Microsoft branding elements and free from telemetry code. VSCodium builds are prepared for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and come with built-in support for Git, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js. Functionally, VSCodium replicates Visual Studio Code and provides […]

Emacs 26.2

On Cosmonautics Day, another joyful event occurred—the release of the Emacs Lisp program execution environment, best known for being the best text editor (according to Emacs users). The previous release took place just under a year ago, so there aren't many significant changes: support for Unicode version 11, support for module builds in arbitrary directories, and a convenient file compression command in the built-in file manager […]

The shortage of Intel processors is harming three tech giants

The shortage of Intel processors began in late summer last year: the growing and prioritized demand for data center processors has led to a shortage of consumer 14nm chips. Difficulties in transitioning to more advanced 10nm standards and an exclusive deal with Apple for the production of modems for iPhones, which utilize the same 14nm process, have exacerbated the issue. In the past […]

Cumulative updates for Windows lead to a slowdown of the OS

The April cumulative update from Microsoft has caused issues not only for Windows 7 users. Certain difficulties have also arisen for those using Windows 10 (1809). Reports indicate that the update leads to various problems due to conflicts with antivirus software installed on users' PCs. There are user reports online stating that after […]

The first public release of the NoScript extension for Chrome.

Giorgio Maone, the creator of the NoScript project, has released the first testable version of the extension for the Chrome browser. This build corresponds to version 10.6.1 for Firefox and was made possible by porting the NoScript 10 branch to the WebExtension technology. The Chrome release is labeled as beta and can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store. NoScript 11 is expected to be released at the end of June, […]

GNU Awk 5.0.0 has been released

A year after the release of GNU Awk version 4.2.1, version 5.0.0 has been released. In the new version: Support for the printf formats %a and %A from POSIX has been added. The testing infrastructure has been improved. The contents of test/Makefile.am have been simplified, and it is now possible to generate pc/Makefile.tst from test/Makefile.in. Regex procedures have been replaced with procedures from GNULIB. The infrastructure has been updated: Bison 3.3, Automake 1.16.1, Gettext 0.19.8.1, makeinfo […]

systemd v242

A new version of systemd has been released. The following changes are noteworthy (according to the news author): networkctl commands now support globbing; Cloudflare's public DNS has been added to the fallback DNS list; generated .device units (for example, via systemd-fstab-generator) no longer attach the corresponding .mount as an automatic dependency (Wants=) — meaning the connected device does not necessarily need to be automatically mounted; an option CPUQuotaPeriodSec= has been added […]

Matrix.org infrastructure has been breached

The largest Matrix server — matrix.org — and its infrastructure have been targeted in a hacker attack that revealed security issues. The user matrixnotorg on GitHub created tickets describing existing problems within matrix.org's infrastructure and possible solutions. Access to the infrastructure was gained through a 'hole' in an outdated version of Jenkins — the continuous deployment system used by matrix.org. According to […]

Release of DeaDBeeF 1.8.0

Three years after the previous release, a new version of the audio player DeaDBeeF has been launched. According to the developers, it has matured enough to be reflected in its version number. Changes include support for Opus, added ReplayGain Scanner, correct track support + cue support (in collaboration with wdlkmpx), added/improved reading and writing of MP4 tags, and integrated […]

50 Years Since the Publication of RFC-1

Exactly 50 years ago — on April 7, 1969 — Request for Comments: 1 was published. RFCs are documents that contain technical specifications and standards widely used on the global network. Each RFC document has its own unique number, which is used for referencing. Currently, the primary publication of RFC documents is managed by the IETF under the auspices of the open organization Society […]

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