Author: ProHoster

More than two-thirds of Russian companies continue to use foreign servers, and a complete transition to domestic solutions may take more than 10 years

In 2023, more than ⅔—approximately 69%—of Russian companies used servers from foreign suppliers for data storage and data protection systems. At the same time, about 40% of domestic enterprises are not going to give up such equipment. The corresponding figures, as reported by the Vedomosti newspaper, were obtained during a study by Searchinform. Analysts surveyed more than 5000 companies from different industries. It is noted […]

Vulnerabilities in the implementation of JPEG XL from FFmpeg

Information has been disclosed about two vulnerabilities in the JPEG XL format decoder supplied in the FFmpeg package, which can lead to the execution of an attacker's code when processing specially designed images in FFmpeg. The issues were fixed in the FFmpeg 6.1 release, but since JPEG XL support was enabled as of the 6.1 branch, the vulnerability only affects systems using experimental builds of FFmpeg 6.1 […]

Degradation of solar power plants in the United States is “in line with expectations,” scientists find

Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the United States conducted research at almost 2500 sites on generating electricity from sunlight. Despite concerns, most PV systems have experienced minimal damage from short-term extreme weather conditions over the years and have shown modest degradation, promising to speed up the transition to renewable energy sources. Quality control of solar panels. Source […]

The thriller The Invincible based on the novel “Invincible” has covered development costs, but has not brought in any money yet - plans for the development of the game and a new project for the team

The management of the Polish studio Starward Industries, in a presentation for investors held the day before, spoke about the state of affairs in the company, plans for the development of The Invincible and the development of the next game. Image source: Steam (waffle_king)Source: 3dnews.ru

Helios distribution based on OmniOS / Illumos published

In preparation for the first public release under the free MPL-2.0 license, the source code for the assembly tools and specific components of the Helios distribution developed by Oxide Computer has been opened. The entire software stack of the Oxide platform is open source. The Helios distribution is built on the developments of the Illumos project, which continues the development of the OpenSolaris kernel, network stack, file systems, drivers, libraries and a basic set of system utilities. […]

Shotcut 24.01

The non-linear video editor Shotcut 24.01, created on the basis of MLT and Qt6, has been released. Among the innovations, the following changes can be noted: Added Loop and Set Loop Range player functions. While working on a project, these functions allow you to start looping playback of the selected fragment. The Group/Ungroup function has appeared on the timeline. It allows you to combine selected project elements into a single group for [...]

Shotcut 24.01 Video Editor Release

The release of the video editor Shotcut 24.01 is available, which is developed by the author of the MLT project and uses this framework to organize video editing. Support for video and audio formats is implemented through FFmpeg. It is possible to use plugins with the implementation of video and audio effects compatible with Frei0r and LADSPA. Among the features of Shotcut, one can note the possibility of multi-track editing with the layout of video from fragments in […]

The Helios distribution based on Illumos has been published. Solaris 11.4 support extended until 2037

In preparation for the first public release under the free license MPL-2.0, the source code of the assembly tools and specific components of the Helios distribution kit, developed by Oxide Computer and used to support the operation of software-controlled cloud server racks Oxide Rack, has been opened. The entire software stack of the Oxide platform is open source. The Helios distribution is built on the basis of the developments of the Illumos project, which continues the development of the kernel, […]

TikTok encourages users to make long horizontal videos

It seems that the TikTok service wants users of the platform to turn their smartphones around and start shooting horizontal videos, including those longer than a minute. This is indicated by platform recommendations that began to appear among some content authors. Image source: Alexander Shatov/unsplash.com Source: 3dnews.ru

IBM declared war on remote work, forcing employees to move closer to the office

One of the characteristic features of the pandemic was the forced migration towards remote work. Subsequently, some companies tried to maintain hybrid forms of organizing the work process, but among them there were also those who began to persuade employees to appear in the office more often. IBM, for example, generally recommended that employees move closer to their place of work, at a distance of no more than 80 km. Source […]