Google is reevaluating its plans regarding augmented reality glasses, attempting to catch up and stop the exodus of qualified specialists to competitors, as well as to convince partners to use its Android XR software, which is still in development, reports Business Insider. The demonstration of Project Astra — a virtual assistant — at the Google IO developer conference in May was memorable to everyone. […]
The Whonix 17.2 distribution aimed at providing guaranteed anonymity, security, and privacy protection is now available. The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses Tor to ensure anonymity. Project developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. Images of virtual machines in ova format are prepared for download for VirtualBox (2.1 GB with Xfce and 1.4 GB console). The image can also be […]
Razer has sought to simplify mouse control for gamers by taking into account their individual preferences and preferred genres. The proprietary Synapse application has added Mouse Rotation and Dynamic Sensitivity features, now available on Razer's esports-oriented mice models, the Razer Viper V3 Pro and Razer DeathAdder V3 HyperSpeed. The Mouse Rotation feature allows users to adjust the angle of input […]
A year after the release of its last major version, the Thunderbird 128 email client, developed by the community and based on Mozilla technologies, has been launched. Thunderbird 128 is built on the ESR release codebase of Firefox 128 and is classified as a long-term support version, receiving updates for a year. Key changes in Thunderbird 128 include the addition of component development capabilities […]
Six years after the last release, Automake 1.17 has been launched, a utility for automatically generating makefiles that comply with GNU project coding standards. In this new version, the parameter AM_PATH_PYTHON has been changed to prioritize Python 3 instead of Python 2 when both branches are present in the system. It also adds support for Python versions newer than 3.9. The py-compile script has deprecated […]
In addition to the sleek foldable smartphones Magic V3 and Magic Vs3, Honor today introduced two new tablets in China — the MagicPad 2 with a 12.3-inch display and a sub-flagship Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor, as well as the 12.1-inch Honor Pad 9 Pro powered by a robust mid-range Dimensity 8100 chip. Unlike last year’s MagicPad 13 with an LCD display, the new […]
Colin Percival, the leader of the FreeBSD release preparation team, announced changes to the release development and maintenance processes. Starting with the FreeBSD 15 branch, slated for late 2025, the maintenance period for major branches after the first release (15.0) will be reduced from 5 to 4 years. Meanwhile, new major branches will be created every […]
Researchers from JFrog discovered an admin access token to Python repositories, PyPI, and the Python Software Foundation on GitHub within the Docker image 'cabotage-app'. The token was found in the binary file '__pycache__/build.cpython-311.pyc' containing cached compiled bytecode. According to representatives from the PyPI repository, the token was created in 2023 for developer ewdurbin (Ee Durbin), who holds […]
The release of version 1.0.0 of the C++ Intermediate Graphics Library (IGL) has taken place. This is a cross-platform library for managing graphics processing units. It provides a unified low-level cross-platform interface over various graphics APIs. Supported rendering backends include: Metal 2+, OpenGL 2.x (requiring GL_ARB_framebuffer_object), OpenGL 3.1+, OpenGL ES 2.0+, Vulkan 1.1, and WebGL 2.0. Supported platforms are: Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and WebAssembly. The library […]
The release of the dynamically managed firewall firewalld 2.2, implemented as a wrapper over the packet filters nftables and iptables, has been formulated. Firewalld runs as a background process, allowing dynamic changes to firewall rules via D-Bus, without the need to reload the firewall rules or disconnect established connections. The project is already used in many Linux distributions, including RHEL 7+, Fedora 18+ […]
Meta* has released the IGL 1.0 (Intermediate Graphics Library), a graphics library that provides a universal low-level API for managing GPUs. The proposed API encompasses typical GPU functionality and allows for the creation of cross-platform applications that can operate on top of the graphical APIs OpenGL, Metal, and Vulkan on systems with Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows, as well as utilize WebGL for rendering in the Web […]
The 0.10.0 release of the high-performance library yyjson, written in C (C89 standard), has been announced. It is distributed under the MIT license and is designed for reading and modifying data in JSON format (RFC 8259). The library also supports RFC JSON Pointer, JSON Patch, and JSON Merge Patch. Change list: added the function yyjson_locate_pos() to obtain the line and column number in case of parsing error; improvements […]