Firefox 69 is available. Major changes: Blocking of scripts that mine cryptocurrencies is enabled by default. The “Don't allow sites to play audio” setting allows you to block not only audio playback without explicit user interaction, but also video playback. The behavior can be set globally or specifically for an individual site. Added about:protections page with tracking protection performance statistics. Manager […]
Tails is a privacy- and anonymity-oriented live system that loads from a flash drive. All connections go through TOP! This release fixes many vulnerabilities. What has changed? The LibreOffice Math component has been removed, but you can still install it using the additional software option. Bookmarks have been removed from the Tor browser. Pre-created i2p and IRC accounts in Pidgin have been deleted. Tor browser has been updated to 8.5.5 […]
As part of the R2con conference, Cutter 1.9.0 was released under the code name “Trojan Dragon”. Cutter is a graphical front-end for the radare2 framework, written in Qt/C++. Cutter, like radare2 itself, is intended for reverse engineering programs in machine code, or bytecode (for example, JVM). The developers set themselves the goal of making an advanced and extensible FOSS platform for reverse engineering. […]
This article was born in response to the article “The Ideal Local Network”. I do not agree with most of the author’s theses, and in this article I want to not only refute them, but also put forward my own theses, which I will then defend in the comments. Next, I will talk about several principles that I adhere to when designing a local network for any enterprise. The first principle is [...]
We are discussing a deal between a virtualization software developer and Avi Networks. / photo by Samuel Zeller Unsplash What you need to know In June, VMware announced the purchase of the startup Avi Networks. He develops tools for deploying applications in multi-cloud environments. It was founded in 2012 by people from Cisco - former vice presidents and development directors of various areas of the company's business. […]
Hi all. In this article I will tell you why we at Avito chose Kafka nine months ago and what it is. I’ll share one of the use cases - a message broker. And finally, let’s talk about what advantages we got from using the Kafka as a Service approach. The Problem First, a little context. Some time ago we […]
Many people already associate September with the end of the holiday season, but for most it is with study. For the beginning of the new school year, we offer you a selection of videos of our educational projects posted on the Technostream Youtube channel. The selection consists of three parts: new courses on the channel for the 2018-2019 academic year, the most viewed courses and the most viewed videos. New courses on the channel […]
Image: Pexels The Baltic countries have been experiencing a boom in IT startups over the past few years. In small Estonia alone, several companies were able to achieve “unicorn” status, that is, their capitalization exceeded $1 billion. Such companies actively hire developers and help them with relocation. Today I spoke with Boris Vnukov, who works as a Lead backend developer at a startup […]
Celeste developers Matt Thorson and Noel Berry have announced plans to release an addition to the ninth chapter of the platformer Celeste. Along with it, 100 new levels and 40 minutes of music will appear in the game. In addition, Thorson promised several new game mechanics and items. To gain access to new levels and items you will need to fully [...]
Electronic Arts and PopCap studio presented Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville repeats the concept of the Plants vs. duology. Zombies: Garden Warfare and focuses on multiplayer matches. You can take part in fast multiplayer battles, but also team up with other players in […]
Chinese drone maker DJI has made significant changes to the prices of its products in response to the Donald Trump administration's tariff hike on Chinese goods. The increase in prices for DJI products was first reported by the DroneDJ resource. This may be the first recorded case of a Chinese gadget maker or brand that manufactures primarily in China adding a customs tax imposed by the Trump administration […]
Acer, during a presentation at IFA 2019 in Berlin, announced the new generation Swift 5 thin and light laptop computer. The laptop uses a tenth generation Intel Core processor from the Ice Lake platform. In particular, a Core i7-1065G7 chip with four cores (eight threads) that operate at frequencies from 1,3 GHz to […]
