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Drivers from major manufacturers, including Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA, are vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks

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Specialists from Cybersecurity Eclypsium conducted a study that discovered a critical flaw in software development for modern drivers for various devices. The company's report mentions software products from dozens of hardware manufacturers. The discovered vulnerability allows malware to escalate privileges, up to unlimited access to equipment. A long list of driver providers that are fully approved by Microsoft […]

China is almost ready to introduce its own digital currency

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Although China does not approve of the spread of cryptocurrencies, the country is ready to offer its own version of virtual cash. The People's Bank of China said that its digital currency can be considered ready after the past five years of work on it. However, you shouldn’t expect it to somehow imitate cryptocurrencies. According to Deputy Head of the Payments Department Mu Changchun, it will use more […]

DPKI: Fixing the Disadvantages of a Centralized PKI with Blockchain

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It's no secret that one of the commonly used auxiliary tools, without which data protection in open networks is impossible, is digital certificate technology. However, it is no secret that the main drawback of the technology is unconditional trust in the centers that issue digital certificates. Director of Technology and Innovation at ENCRY Andrey Chmora proposed a new approach […]

Alan Kay: How I Would Teach Computer Science 101

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“One of the reasons to actually go to university is to move beyond mere vocational training and instead grasp deeper ideas.” Let's think about this question a little. Several years ago, Computer Science departments invited me to give lectures at a number of universities. Almost by chance, I asked my first audience of undergrads […]

Alan Kay, creator of OOP, about development, Lisp and OOP

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If you've never heard of Alan Kay, you've at least heard his famous quotes. For example, this statement from 1971: The best way to predict the future is to prevent it. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan has a very colorful career in computer science. He received the Kyoto Prize and the Turing Award for his work on […]

March 1 is the birthday of the personal computer. Xerox Alto

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The number of words “first” in the article is off the charts. First "Hello, World" program, first MUD game, first shooter, first deathmatch, first GUI, first desktop, first Ethernet, first three-button mouse, first ball mouse, first optical mouse, first full-page monitor -sized monitor), the first multiplayer game... the first personal computer. Year 1973 In the city of Palo Alto, in the legendary R&D laboratory […]

Got a new git-compatible version control system for OpenBSD

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Stefan Sperling (stsp@), a ten-year contributor to the OpenBSD project and one of the main developers of Apache Subversion, is developing a new version control system called "Game of Trees" (got). When creating a new system, priority is given to simplicity of design and ease of use rather than flexibility. Got is currently still in development; it is developed exclusively on OpenBSD and its target audience […]

Alphacool Eisball: the original tank-sphere for coolant

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The German company Alphacool is starting sales of a very unusual component for liquid cooling systems (LCS) - a reservoir called Eisball. The product has previously been demonstrated during various exhibitions and events. For example, it was displayed at the developer’s stand at Computex 2019. The main feature of Eisball is its original design. The reservoir is made in the form of a transparent sphere with a rim extending […]

Service mesh data plane vs. control plane

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Hello, Habr! I present to your attention a translation of the article “Service mesh data plane vs control plane” by Matt Klein. This time, I “wanted and translated” the description of both service mesh components, data plane and control plane. This description seemed to me the most understandable and interesting, and most importantly leading to the understanding of “Is it necessary at all?” Since the idea of ​​a “Service Network […]

We eat the elephant in parts. Application Health Monitoring Strategy with Examples

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Hi all! Our company is engaged in software development and subsequent technical support. Technical support requires not just fixing errors, but monitoring the performance of our applications. For example, if one of the services has crashed, then you need to automatically record this problem and start solving it, rather than waiting for calls from dissatisfied users to technical support. We have […]

Video: Rocket Lab showed how it will catch the first stage of a rocket using a helicopter

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Small aerospace company Rocket Lab has decided to follow in the footsteps of larger rival SpaceX, announcing plans to make its rockets reusable. At the Small Satellite Conference held in Logan, Utah, USA, the company announced that it had set a goal to increase the frequency of launches of its Electron rocket. By ensuring the rocket's safe return to Earth, the company will be able to […]

The premiere of the smartphone LG G8x ThinQ is expected at IFA 2019

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At the beginning of the year at the MWC 2019 event, LG announced the flagship smartphone G8 ThinQ. As the LetsGoDigital resource now reports, the South Korean company will time the presentation of a more powerful G2019x ThinQ device to the upcoming IFA 8 exhibition. It is noted that the application for registration of the G8x trademark has already been sent to the South Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). However, the smartphone will be released […]

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