The Perl 6 repository has officially adopted a change that changes the name of the project to Raku. It is noted that despite the fact that formally the project has already been given a new name, changing the name for the project, which has been developing for 19 years, requires a lot of work and it will take some time until the renaming is completed. For example, replacing Perl with Raku would also require replacing the reference to "perl" […]
Oracle has published a corrective release of the virtualization system VirtualBox 6.0.14, which notes 13 fixes. Main changes in release 6.0.14: Compatibility with Linux 5.3 kernel is provided; Improved compatibility with guest systems that use the ALSA audio subsystem in AC'97 emulation mode; Flickering, redrawing, and crashing of some […]
Mozilla developers have announced a decision to remove all add-ons for integration with search engines that use OpenSearch technology from the Firefox add-ons catalog. Also reported is the future removal of support for the OpenSearch XML markup from Firefox, which allowed sites to define scripts to integrate search engines into the browser's search bar. Add-ons based on OpenSearch will be removed on December 5th. Instead of […]
In the latest issue of the Japanese magazine Famitsu, new screenshots of the upcoming action role-playing game Nioh 2 were published. The screenshots show the characters of the game. In particular, Daimyo Yoshimoto Imagawa, with whom gamers will have to face in battle, the beautiful Nohime, new spirits, demons, and more. Nioh 2 Action RPG Nioh 2 will offer players more features and gameplay mechanics than its predecessor, […]
Last week we released 3CX v16 Update 3 and the new 3CX Mobile Softphone App for Android. The softphone is designed to work only with 3CX v16 Update 3 and higher. Many users have additional questions about the operation of the application. In this article, we will answer them, as well as tell you more about the new features of the application. Works […]
The method of studying various disciplines "by cards", which is also called the Leitner system, has been known for about 40 years. Despite the fact that cards are most often used to replenish vocabulary, learn formulas, definitions or dates, the method itself is not just another way of “cramming”, but a tool to support the learning process. It saves the time it takes to memorize a large […]
My name is Dmitry. And I want to talk about how our team reached the finals of the Urban Tech Challenge hackathon on the Big Data track. I must say right away that this is not the first hackathon in which I participated, and not the first in which I take prizes. In this regard, in my story I want to voice some general observations [...]
This is not the first hackathon that I win, not the first one I write about, and this is far from the first post on Habré dedicated to Digital Breakthrough. But I could not write. I consider my experience unique enough to share. I am probably the only person at this hackathon who won the regional stage and the final as part of different teams. Want to […]
A bug in sudo allows any executable file to be executed as root if /etc/sudoers allows it to be executed as other users and is prohibited for root. Exploitation of the error is very simple: sudo -u#-1 id -u or: sudo -u#4294967295 id -u The bug is present in all versions of sudo up to 1.8.28 Details: https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/linux-sudo-run-as-root-flaw.html
The other day, most news sites, including ours, wrote that at the Intel Developer Conference 2019 event in Tokyo, Intel representatives promised support for hardware ray tracing in the planned Xe discrete accelerator. But this turned out not to be true. As Intel later commented on the situation, all such statements are based on erroneous machine translation of materials from Japanese sources. An Intel representative […]
Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its new flagship smartphones in the Mate series last month. Now online sources are reporting that the manufacturer intends to launch another flagship, the distinctive feature of which will be a display without any cutouts or holes. Atherton Research chief analyst Jeb Su posted the images on Twitter, adding that […]
In June, there was a fairly loud announcement of the Facebook Calibra payment system based on the new Libra cryptocurrency. Most interestingly, the Libra Association, a specially created independent non-profit representative organization, included such big names as MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, eBay, Uber, Lyft and Spotify. But soon problems began - for example, Germany and France promised to block the Libra digital currency in […]
