The Firefox 72 web browser was released, as well as the mobile version of Firefox 68.4 for the Android platform. In addition, an update to the long-term support branch 68.4.0 has been created. In the near future, the Firefox 73 branch will enter the beta testing stage, the release of which is scheduled for February 11 (the project has moved to a 4-week development cycle). Key New Features: In the default standard lock mode […]
Lenovo has introduced its own external box for a video card. The new product, called Legion BoostStation eGPU, is being demonstrated in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) at CES 2020. The device, made of aluminum, has dimensions of 365 × 172 × 212 mm. Any modern dual-slot video adapter up to 300 mm long can fit inside. Moreover, the box can additionally install one 2,5/3,5-inch drive with […]
Researchers from the French Institute for Research in Informatics and Automation (INRIA) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) have presented a Shambles attack method (PDF) that is touted as the first practical implementation of an attack on the SHA-1 algorithm that can be used to create bogus PGP digital signatures and GnuPG. Researchers believe that now all practical attacks on MD5 can be used for […]
MSI will present a number of quite interesting gaming monitors at CES 2020, which starts tomorrow in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA). The Optix MAG342CQR model has a rather strong matrix bending, the Optix MEG381CQR monitor is equipped with an additional HMI (Human Machine Interface) panel, and the Optix PS321QR model is a universal solution for both gamers and creators of various types of content. […]
Treyarch design director David Vonderhaar confirmed on Twitter that the next Call of Duty game will be without jetpacks. Jetpacks were introduced in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. According to Vonderhaar, he is still traumatized by how poorly players received this innovation. In the sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, […]
Information about lithium-sulfur batteries periodically appears in the news. As a rule, such power supplies have a significantly higher capacity compared to lithium-ion batteries, but have a significantly shorter life cycle. The solution to this could be the development of scientists from Monash University in Australia, who claim to have developed the most efficient lithium-sulfur battery created to date. According to available […]
According to GSD's first UK retail chart of 2020, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has taken the top position. Following Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is another Activision game, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The top three was completed by FIFA 20, which dropped one position from the previous week. At the beginning of the year there was a significant drop [...]
Celebrate the new year with a new PBX! True, there is not always time or desire to understand the intricacies of the transition between versions, collecting information from different sources. In this article, we have collected all the information you need to easily and quickly upgrade to 3CX v16 Update 4 from older versions. There are many reasons to update - about all the features that appeared in […]
As you know, Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1) has almost reached release candidate status. This means freezing the codebase and fixing bugs. And one of the stages is to optimize the load on the processor and hard drive during search. Microsoft is said to have conducted extensive research over the past year to identify critical issues in Windows Search. The culprit turned out to be [...]
The release of the web browser qutebrowser 1.9.0 has been published, providing a minimal graphical interface that does not distract from viewing the content, and a navigation system in the style of the Vim text editor, built entirely on keyboard shortcuts. The code is written in Python using PyQt5 and QtWebEngine. The source code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. There is no performance impact to using Python, since rendering and parsing […]
Note trans.: This article, which became a hit on Medium, is an overview of key (2010-2019) changes in the world of programming languages and the associated technology ecosystem (with a special focus on Docker and Kubernetes). Its original author is Cindy Sridharan, who specializes in developer tools and distributed systems - in particular, she wrote the book "Distributed Systems Observability" […]
Commenting on the intention of the Fedora developers to enable the earlyoom background process by default to early respond to low memory in the system, Lennart Poettering spoke about plans to integrate another solution into systemd - oomd. The oomd handler is being developed by Facebook, whose employees are simultaneously developing the PSI (Pressure Stall Information) kernel subsystem, which allows the user space out-of-memory handler […]
