Mozilla has announced an expansion of its initiative to provide cash rewards for identifying security issues in infrastructure elements related to Firefox development. The amount of bonuses for identifying vulnerabilities on Mozilla sites and services has been doubled, and the bonus for identifying vulnerabilities that can lead to code execution on key sites has been increased to 15 thousand […]
Oracle has published the release of the universal virtual machine GraalVM 19.3.0, which supports running applications in JavaScript (Node.js), Python, Ruby, R, any languages for the JVM (Java, Scala, Clojure, Kotlin) and languages for which bitcode can be generated LLVM (C, C++, Rust). The 19.3 branch is classified as a Long Term Support (LTS) release and is notable for supporting JDK 11, including […]
Koch Media publishing house CEO Klemens Kundratitz gave an interview to Gameindusty.biz magazine in which he said that Volition studio is working on a sequel to Saints Row. He promised to reveal more details in 2020. Kundratitz emphasized that this time the company is developing a continuation of the series, and not a branch of the franchise, as is the case with Agents of Mayhem. By […]
Corrective updates of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.101.5 and 0.102.1 have been published, which eliminate the vulnerability (CVE-2019-15961) that leads to denial of service when processing mail messages formatted in a certain way (too much time is spent parsing certain MIME blocks) . The new releases also fix problems with building clamav-milter with the libxml2 library, reduce signature loading time, add a build option […]
The Android mobile operating system is based on the Linux kernel, but it is not a standard kernel, but a highly modified one. It includes “upgrades” from Google, chip designers Qualcomm and MediaTek, and OEMs. But now, as reported, the “good corporation” intends to transfer its system to the main version of the kernel. As part of this year's Linux Plumbers conference, Google engineers […]
Bloomberg, citing its own sources, reported changes in the approach to testing updates to the iOS operating system at Apple. The decision was made after the not entirely successful launch of version 13, which became famous for a large number of critical bugs. Now the latest builds of iOS 14 will be more stable and suitable for daily use. It is noted that the decision was made [...]
The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation included 208 new products from domestic developers in the register of Russian software. The added software was found to comply with the requirements established by the rules for creating and maintaining a register of Russian programs for electronic computers and databases. The register includes software from such companies as AlteroSmart, Transbaza, Profingzh, InfoTeKS, Galaktika, KROK Region, SoftLab-NSK, […]
The MDG group of companies, part of the Sberbank ecosystem, announced the development of an advanced speech synthesis platform, which is said to ensure smooth and expressive reading of any text. The presented solution is the third generation of the speech synthesis system. High-quality audio signals are generated by complex neural network models. The developers claim that the result of these algorithms is the most realistic synthesis of Russian-language speech. The platform includes […]
Microsoft plans to integrate several Google services with its Outlook.com email service. Some time ago, Microsoft started testing the integration of Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar on some accounts, as one of the participants in this process spoke about on Twitter. During setup, the user needs to link his Google and Outlook.com accounts, after which Gmail, Google […]
Researchers from Check Point Research, working in the field of information security, reported the discovery of an issue related to the fact that popular Android applications from the Play Store digital content store remain unpatched. Because of this, hackers can obtain location data from Instagram, change messages on Facebook, and also read the correspondence of WeChat users. Many people believe that regularly updating applications to [...]
Microsoft recently introduced a new operating system, Windows 10X. According to the developer, it is based on the usual “ten”, but at the same time it is quite different from it. In the new OS, the classic Start menu will be removed, and other changes will appear. However, the main innovation will be the combination of scenarios for desktop and mobile versions of the OS. And although it is not yet clear what exactly is hidden [...]
The roguelike strategy Bad North: Jotunn Edition is now available for free on the Epic Games Store until November 29. It will be replaced by the action platformer Rayman Legends. In Bad North: Jotunn Edition, you must do everything possible to protect the island kingdom from the Viking horde. Your tasks: position your troops in such a way as to effectively fight off enemies. Additionally, if you lose […]
