The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has published a new image of Jupiter taken from the Hubble Space Telescope. The image clearly shows the most prominent feature of the gas giant's atmosphere - the so-called Great Red Spot. This is the largest atmospheric vortex in the solar system. The colossal storm was discovered back in 1665. […]
Firefox 70, scheduled for release on October 22, revises how HTTPS and HTTP protocols are displayed in the address bar. Pages opened over HTTP will have an insecure connection icon, which will also be displayed for HTTPS in case of problems with certificates. The link for http will be displayed without specifying the “http://” protocol, but for HTTPS the protocol will be displayed for now. IN […]
Google has unveiled the release of the Chrome OS 76 operating system, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage assembly tools, open components and the Chrome 76 web browser. The Chrome OS user environment is limited to a web browser, and instead of standard programs, web browsers are used. apps, however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. Building Chrome […]
Valve has finally decided to deal with the advertising of dubious sites that distribute “free skins” through modifications for games on Steam. New mods on the Steam Workshop will now be pre-moderated before being published, but this will only apply to a few games. The advent of moderation in the Steam Workshop is specifically due to the fact that Valve decided to prevent the publication of questionable materials related to […]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is not a very hardcore game, even on the maximum difficulty level. An author from the Mitten Squad YouTube channel found a way to fix this. He completed the game using solely torches, soups, and a healing spell. To perform a difficult task, the user chose the Imperial race with increased recovery and blocking. The author of the video talks about the difficulties of fighting […]
Kaspersky Lab warns that network attackers are actively implementing a new scheme for distributing junk messages. We are talking about sending spam. The new scheme involves the use of feedback forms on legitimate websites of companies with a good reputation. This scheme allows you to bypass some spam filters and distribute advertising messages, phishing links and malicious code without arousing user suspicion. Danger […]
Nomination: For elaboration of the theory of contracts in neoclassical economics. The neoclassical direction implies the rationality of economic agents and widely uses the theory of economic equilibrium and game theory. Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström. Contract. What it is? I am an employer, I have several employees, I tell them how their salary will be structured. In what cases and what will they receive? These cases […]
Netflix ex-HR Pati McCord made a pretty interesting point in her book The Strongest: “A business owes its people nothing more than the confidence that the company makes a great product that serves its customers well and on time.” That's all. Shall we exchange opinions? Let’s say the position expressed is quite radical. It’s all the more interesting that it was voiced by a person who has been working in Silicon Valley for many years. An approach […]
A selection of events for the week. Business transformation: threats and opportunities August 13 (Tuesday) NizhSyromyatnicheskaya 10str.3 free On August 13, as part of an open lecture, invited experts from different companies will share their experience in implementing changes and discuss key issues related to business transformation. BestData. Anti-conference for FMCG August 14 (Wednesday) BolPolyanka 2/10 page 1 free With the adoption of 54-FZ, new sources […]
A Python application with an interface for automatically connecting to one of the NordVPN servers of the desired type, in a specific country, or to a selected server. You can select a server manually, based on statistics for each of the available ones. Latest changes: added the ability to crash; checked for DNS leaks; added support for connecting via Network Manager and openvpn; added […]
Google has decided to abandon the separate marking of EV (Extended Validation) certificates in Chrome. If previously for sites with similar certificates the name of the company verified by the certification authority was displayed in the address bar, now for these sites the same secure connection indicator will be displayed as for certificates with domain access verification. Starting with Chrome […]
Some examples of organizing corporate WiFi have already been described. Here I will describe how I implemented such a solution and the problems I encountered when connecting on different devices. We will use the existing LDAP with established users, install FreeRadius and configure WPA2-Enterprise on the Ubnt controller. Everything seems simple. Let's see... A little about EAP methods Before you start executing […]
