In the last article, we talked about the features of the DjVu format. Today we decided to focus on the FictionBook2 format, better known as FB2, and its "successor" FB3. / Flickr / Judit Klein / CC The appearance of the format In the mid-90s, enthusiasts began to digitize Soviet books. They translated and preserved literature in a wide variety of formats. One of the first libraries […]
The Mutter window manager code, being developed as part of the GNOME 3.34 development cycle, includes initial support for the new transactional (atomic) KMS (Atomic Kernel Mode Setting) API for switching video modes, allowing you to check the correctness of the parameters before actually changing the hardware state at once and, if necessary, roll back the change. On the practical side, supporting the new API is the first step in moving Mutter to […]
Mozilla developers have published mockups of upcoming improvements to interface elements related to ensuring the safety of confidential data and blocking tracking of movements. Among the innovations, a new option stands out for blocking social network widgets that track user movements on third-party sites (for example, Like buttons from Facebook and embedding messages from Twitter). For social media account authentication forms, there is an option […]
The VKHR (Vulkan Hair Renderer) project, supported by AMD and RTG Game Engineering, is developing a realistic hair rendering system written using the Vulkan graphics API. The system supports real-time rendering when modeling hairstyles consisting of hundreds of thousands of strands and millions of line segments. By changing the level of detail, it is possible to vary between performance and […]
Studio Double Fine Productions at E3 2019 presented a new trailer for Psychonauts 2 - a three-dimensional adventure platformer, which is created according to the canons of the original game. There was no release date in the video, and a little later, Western publications received a press release stating that the sequel was postponed until 2020. The developers did not indicate the reasons for such a decision. At E3 2019, Microsoft announced […]
Hey Habr! Today I’ll tell you about what my colleagues and I have been doing for several months now: about push notifications for mobile messengers. As I said, in our application, the main emphasis is on security. Therefore, we found out if push notifications have “weak points” and if so, how we can level them in order to add this useful option to […]
Hey Habr. One day we were sitting, doing our very productive business, when SUDDENLY it turned out that for some unknown reason, at least the wonderful Rostelecom and the equally wonderful FIORD Research and Development Center were connected to the Telegram infrastructure as a peer. List of peers Telegram Messenger LLP, you can see for yourself How did it happen? We decided to ask Pavel Durov […]
Checking smartphones and laptops at airports is becoming the norm for many countries. Someone considers it a necessity, others - an invasion of privacy. We discuss the situation, the latest developments on the topic and tell you how you can act in the new circumstances. / Unsplash / Jonathan Kemper The issue of privacy at the border In 2017 alone, US Customs conducted 30 […]
Free service for monitoring and protecting websites. Idea In 2017, our CARKA team began to develop a tool for monitoring the entire cyberspace in the national domain zone .KZ, which was about 140 websites. The task is difficult: it was necessary to quickly check each site for traces of hacks and viruses on the site and display a […]
The Internet of Things is an uptrend, the technology is used everywhere and everywhere: in industry, business, everyday life (hello to smart light bulbs and refrigerators that order food themselves). But this is just the beginning - there are a lot of tasks that can be solved with the help of IoT. In order to visually show the capabilities of the technology to developers, GeekBrains, together with Rostelecom, decided to hold an IoT hackathon. The task was one […]
Germany will back three company alliances with €1 billion in target funds for local battery production to reduce automakers' dependence on Asian suppliers, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier (pictured below) told Reuters. Among the more than 30 companies that contacted the German Ministry of Economic Affairs about government funding were car makers Volkswagen […]
The Taiwanese company CMC Magnetics has further strengthened its own position as a world leader in the production of optical disks for data storage. Recently, CMC Magnetics, together with the Japanese company Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), issued a press release announcing an agreement reached to buy the Mitsubishi Chemical Media division - Verbatim. The transaction value is $32 million. Completion of the transaction and transfer […]
