Efficient and Reliable Cluster Management at Scale with Tupperware Today at Systems @Scale we unveiled Tupperware, our cluster management system that orchestrates containers across millions of servers that run almost all of our services. We first deployed Tupperware in 2011, and since then our infrastructure has grown from 1 data center to as many as 15 geo-distributed data centers. […]
The RCE vulnerability in Exim has already made a lot of noise, and has pretty much rattled the nerves of system administrators around the world. On the wave of mass infections (many of our clients use Exim as a mail server), I quickly threw in a script to automate the solution of the problem. The script is far from ideal and full of sub-optimal code, but it's a quick combat […]
I recently talked about three cases where companies built large telephone networks based on boxed telephone systems and Snom sets. And this time I will share examples of creating IP telephony for employees working at home. IP telephony solutions can be very beneficial for companies that use remote workers. Such solutions can be easily integrated with existing communication systems, […]
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm have announced a new LEGO Star Wars game - the project is called LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The word “Saga” is in the title for a reason - according to the developers, the new product will include all nine films in the series. “The biggest game in the LEGO Star Wars series awaits you, […]
During E3 2019, Mcirosoft Corporation revealed a lot of details about the upcoming cooperative action game Gears 5, which will be released on Xbox One and PC (including Steam) on September 10, 2019 (will be available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers on the day of release). However, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate users or Gears 5 Ultimate Edition buyers will be able to […]
Remedy Entertainment, the company behind Max Payne, Alan Wake and Quantum Break, is preparing to release Control on August 27 this year. The new third-person action-adventure takes place in a shape-shifting Federal Bureau of Control building taken over by the otherworldly force Hiss. During E3 2019, the developers allowed journalists behind closed doors to preview Control with tracing enabled […]
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced a new multi-part plan that will significantly expand access to the International Space Station (ISS) for commercial companies, equipment and even private astronauts. NASA already allows some commercial research to be carried out on the ISS, but now the agency has announced its desire to expand the list of proposals for companies […]
NVIDIA delegated Danny Shapiro, responsible for the development of the automotive systems segment, to the RBC Capital Markets event, and during his speech he adhered to one interesting idea related to simulating tests of “robotic cars” using the DRIVE Sim platform. The latter, we recall, allows you to simulate in a virtual environment tests of a car with active driver assistance systems under different conditions […]
A release of the KDE Plasma 5.16 custom shell is available, built using the KDE Frameworks 5 platform and the Qt 5 library using OpenGL/OpenGL ES to speed up rendering. You can evaluate the performance of the new version through a Live build from the openSUSE project and builds from the KDE Neon project. Packages for various distributions can be found on this page. Key improvements: Desktop management, […]
The release of the free implementation of the OpenGL and Vulkan APIs - Mesa 19.1.0 - has been published. The first release of the Mesa 19.1.0 branch has an experimental status - after the final stabilization of the code, a stable version 19.1.1 will be released. Mesa 19.1 provides full OpenGL 4.5 support for i965, radeonsi and nvc0 drivers, Vulkan 1.1 support for Intel and AMD cards, and partial […]
An interim release of Firefox 67.0.2 has been introduced, which fixes a vulnerability (CVE-2019-11702) specific to the Windows platform that allows opening a local file in Internet Explorer through manipulation of links that specify the “IE.HTTP:” protocol. In addition to the vulnerability, the new release also fixes several non-security issues: The console display of the JavaScript error “TypeError: data is null in PrivacyFilter.jsm” has been fixed, […]
Publisher 505 Games and studio Typhoon unveiled a gameplay trailer for their new first-person exploration adventure, Journey to the Savage Planet, at E3 2019. The video introduces the audience to an unusual alien world, the vibrant atmosphere of the game and unusual creatures. According to the developers' description, Journey to the Savage Planet will take us to a bright and […]
