ICANN listened to public outcry and suspended the sale of the .ORG domain zone, requesting additional information about the deal, including information about the owners of the dubious company Ethos Capital. Let us recall that in November 2019, the closed joint stock company Ethos Capital, specially created for these purposes, agreed to purchase the non-profit organization The Internet Society (ISOC), including the operator Public […]
The NPM 6.13.4 package manager update, included with Node.js and used to distribute JavaScript modules, eliminates three vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-16775, CVE-2019-16776 and CVE-2019-16777) that allow modification or overwrite arbitrary system files when installing a package prepared by an attacker. As a workaround for protection, you can install it with the “-ignore-scripts” option, which prohibits the execution of built-in handler packages. NPM developers […]
About a year and a half has passed since Microsoft stopped supporting the Windows Phone 8.1 mobile platform. Now the official application store for this operating system has stopped working. Users will be able to work with applications that are already installed on devices with Windows Phone 8.1, but they will no longer be able to download any new content from the official store. The only way to […]
Android application developers have noticed a serious flaw in Chrome 79 that leads to the loss of user data in third-party applications that use the WebView browser engine. In Chrome 79, the location of the user profile directory has been changed, which also stores data saved by web applications using the localStorage or WebSQL API. When updating from previous releases [...]
The Bing search engine, like its many analogues, can recognize objects in photos and search for data on them. Now Microsoft has brought the image search function to the Windows desktop. The innovation allows you not to waste time uploading photos to the service through a browser, but to work directly. It is noted that the function is available in the Photos application and […]
Starting December 17, the shooter Star Wars Battlefront II will begin to feature content dedicated to the premiere of JJ Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Rise" (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) - the ninth episode of the film saga, which will be released on American screens on December 20. In anticipation of the release of the first batch of updates, Electronic Arts published a trailer featuring […]
Group chats are one of the popular features of WhatsApp, which allows you to create general conferences for different occasions and groups of interlocutors: friends, family members, colleagues, etc. However, research firm Check Point Research has identified a vulnerability that may make it difficult to use this feature. The problem is that one user in a group chat can trigger a situation in which the app […]
Apple Arcade, a gaming subscription service for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, launched in September with the release of iOS 13. In the US, it costs $4,99 per month (and in Russia - 199 ₽ per month) - for This amount gives subscribers access to 100 games for key Apple platforms, with many of these […]
Specialists from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced an amazing discovery: a new hurricane is forming at the south pole of Jupiter. The data was obtained from the Juno interplanetary station, which entered orbit around the gas giant in the summer of 2016. This device periodically approaches Jupiter, taking new pictures of its atmosphere and collecting scientific information. IN […]
Valve continues to provide users with information about the best-selling projects on Steam over the past week. From December 8 to December 14, Halo: The Master Chief Collection is leading the store in terms of the number of copies sold (and this is the parameter by which the rating is compiled). So far, only Halo: Reach has been released from the entire collection, which showed impressive results at the start. Second […]
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted LG Display a patent for an interesting wearable device. The document talks about an electronic bracelet designed to be worn on the wrist. It is proposed to equip such a device with a flexible display. The document describes the mechanical design of the gadget. As can be seen in the illustrations, the device will consist of a number of links connected to each other [...]
In June, Bandai Namco at Anime Expo 2019 presented a new action movie based on the manga and anime “Snatch” called One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4. The project is being created for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, as well as for PC. And in November the release date of the game became known: the Japanese will receive it first, on March 26 […]
