Microsoft is considering bringing a popular feature of the classic Edge browser to its new Chromium-based version. We are talking about the function of forcing the password to be viewed (that same icon in the form of an eye). This function will be implemented as a universal button. It is important to note that only manually entered passwords will be displayed in this way. When autofill mode is enabled [...]
The head of the UK Gambling Commission, Neil McArthur, said that the department opposed equating loot boxes with a type of gambling. He made a corresponding statement at the Department of Digital Technologies and Culture, Media and Sports. MacArthur emphasized that the commission conducted research with the participation of 2865 children who had at least once opened loot boxes in video games. He stated that despite [...]
Ubisoft has announced the second stage of testing of the shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint. It will take place from July 26 to 29. Players on all platforms will be able to take part in it. Just like last time, the developers will select random users from the list of applicants for the September testing. Ubisoft noted that it decided to test the shooter's online features, such as connection stability. […]
SEGA and Two Point studio announced that after the successful launch of the comedy simulator Two Point Hospital on PC in August 2018, it was decided to transfer the game to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The authors have not yet announced the exact release date for the console versions, but promised a release before the end of this year. The game will be presented with [...]
For the third quarter, TSMC expects revenue to increase nearly 19%, but the second quarter itself was not as strong as the same period last year. At least, colleagues from the WikiChip Fuse website claim that in terms of the number of silicon wafers processed, the second quarter of this year was the worst for TSMC in the last three years. This is quite natural, [...]
Another release has taken place in the current mainline branch of the nginx web server. The 1.17 branch is under active development, while the current stable branch (1.16) only contains bug fixes. Change: The minimum supported version of zlib is 1.2.0.4. Thanks to Ilya Leoshkevich. Change: The $r->internal_redirect() method of the built-in pearl now expects an encoded URI. Addition: now using the $r->internal_redirect() method of the built-in pearl […]
A dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2019-12815) has been identified in the ProFTPD ftp server, which allows files to be copied within the server without authentication using the “site cpfr” and “site cpto” commands. The issue has been assigned a severity level of 9.8 out of 10, as it can be used to organize remote code execution when providing anonymous access to FTP. The vulnerability is caused by incorrect check of access restrictions on […]
Devon O'Brien of the Chrome browser security team announced Google's intention to block DarkMatter intermediate certificates in the Chrome browser and Android platform. It also plans to reject the request to include the DarkMatter root certificate in Google's certificate store. Let us recall that a similar decision was previously made by Mozilla. Google agreed with the arguments made by Mozilla representatives [...]
A vulnerability (CVE-2019-13615) has been identified in the VLC media player, which could potentially lead to the execution of an attacker's code when playing a specially designed video in the MKV format (exploit prototype). The problem is caused by accessing memory outside the allocated buffer in the MKV media container unpacking code and appears in the current release 3.0.7.1. The fix is not yet available, nor are package updates (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora, […]
After the demonstration of Watch Dogs Legion at E3 2019, many users were worried about the integrity of the plot in the future creation of Ubisoft. The project does not have one main character, and you can control any of the NPCs after recruiting him to DedSec. The game's lead game designer, Kent Hudson, reassured fans of the series by saying that Watch Dogs Legion has a well-developed and relevant […]
Not long ago I needed to write several Ansible playbooks to prepare the server for deploying a Rails application. And, surprisingly, I did not find a simple step-by-step manual. I didn’t want to copy someone else’s playbook without understanding what was happening, and in the end I had to read the documentation, collecting everything myself. Perhaps I can help someone speed up this process using this […]
New 3CX Call Flow Designer with Visual Expression Editor 3CX adheres to the principle that our products should be simple and understandable. And so we have once again updated the 3CX Call Flow Designer (CFD) voice application development environment. The new version has a modern user interface (new icons) and a visual editor - an editor for expressions used when creating scripts. New […]
