The Lazarus development team is pleased to announce the release of Lazarus 3.0, an integrated development environment for Free Pascal. This release is still built with the FPC 3.2.2 compiler. In this release: added support for Qt6, based on version 6.2.0 LTS; The minimum Qt version for lazarus 3.0 is 6.2.7. Gtk3 binding has been completely redesigned; for Cocoa, numerous memory leaks have been fixed and support […]
Researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA) have introduced a new type of Mayhem attack that uses the Rowhammer dynamic RAM bit distortion technique to change the values of stack variables used as flags in the program to decide whether authentication and security checks have passed. Practical examples of the attack are demonstrated to bypass authentication in SUDO, OpenSSH and MySQL, […]
After almost two years of development, the release of the integrated development environment Lazarus 3.0, based on the FreePascal compiler and performing tasks similar to Delphi, has been published. The environment is designed to work with the release of the FreePascal 3.2.2 compiler. Ready-made installation packages with Lazarus are prepared for Linux, macOS and Windows. Among the changes in the new release: Added a set of widgets based on Qt6, built with […]
The release of Tails 5.21 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), a specialized distribution kit based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous access to the network, has been released. Anonymous exit to Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by default by the packet filter. Encryption is used to store user data in the save user data between runs mode. […]
The remake of the cult shooter System Shock was released at the end of May, but the developers from the Nightdive Studios team are not abandoning the project - a major patch and console versions are being prepared for release. Image source: Steam (Bloxwess)Source: 3dnews.ru
Bohemia Interactive studio has summed up the development and support of the survival simulator DayZ for 2023. All information is published in a separate note on the game website. Image source: Bohemia InteractiveSource: 3dnews.ru
The Windows 10 operating system is rapidly approaching the end of its life. Microsoft plans to stop supporting it in October 2025. The result of this event could be a significant increase in electronic waste - millions of PCs will turn into garbage, since they cannot be updated to Windows 11. Image source: Siliconangle Source: 3dnews.ru
Samsung, a well-known consumer electronics manufacturer, has become the target of legal action. The consumer protection association (Consumentenbond or CB) and the Consumer Competition Claims Fund (CCCF) in the Netherlands have charged Samsung with market price manipulation. The essence of the accusation is that between 2013 and 2018, the company allegedly put pressure on electronics retailers […]
As planned, the day before the decision of the US International Trade Commission came into force, preventing the further sale of Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the country through the Apple online store. In addition, due to the ban on the import of Apple watches with a pulse oximeter function, the company’s customers lost the opportunity to exchange device models released in 2020 under warranty, starting […]
Google plans to integrate a battery health indicator into Android. This innovation will be an important step in improving the user experience, similar to the existing feature in Apple smartphones. Until now, Android device owners had to resort to third-party apps or enter special commands to check the battery status of their devices. Image source: chenspec / PixabaySource: 3dnews.ru
Darktable 4.6 has been released, a cross-platform open source editor focused on processing and cataloging images in RAW formats. Key new features in this version include the ability to automatically save edit history every 10 seconds, a new "RGB primaries" processing module that can be used for more precise color correction, and the ability to always show the full uncropped image […]
The American aerospace company Blue Origin of Jeff Bezos and the private equity fund Cerberus are interested in buying from Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin of launch vehicle developer United Launch Alliance (ULA). This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing informed sources. Image source: ULASource: 3dnews.ru
