Google has published the source texts of the GWPSan tool designed to detect errors during the execution of applications compiled for x86-64 and ARM64 architectures. GWPSan is compiled as a shared library that is linked at runtime using LD_PRELOAD and utilizes the available mechanisms in the Linux kernel for program analysis, such as stopping (PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT) and process sampling. The code is written in […]
On June 2, Eric Biggers (an engineer from Google) presented new implementations of AES-XTS for significantly higher performance on Intel/AMD processors using the new instruction sets AES-NI + AVX, VAES + AVX2, VAES + AVX10/256, and VAES + AVX10/512. The AES-NI GCM code replaces the previous version written by Intel and addresses existing identified issues: "This update includes improvements in VAES […]
The developers of the OpenBSD project have released version 0.100 of the Got version control system (Game of Trees), focusing primarily on simplicity of design and use. Got uses a storage format compatible with the disk format of Git repositories for versioned data, allowing operations with the repository using both Got and Git tools. For example, Git can be used to perform tasks, […]
The release of Chrome OS 125 has been announced, based on the Linux kernel, featuring the upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and Chrome browser 125. The user environment of Chrome OS is confined to the web browser, with web applications replacing standard software. Nevertheless, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The output to screen is performed […]
On June 3, the latest release of OpenCV version 4.10 was announced. It features numerous improvements in the deep neural network (DNN) module, experimental support for NumPy 2.0, various enhancements for Android, support for NVIDIA CUDA 12.4+, improvements for RISC-V and ARM, support for oneAPI 2024, experimental support for Windows ARM64, experimental support for Apple VisionOS, and built-in Wayland server support in Linux. Various issues have been resolved […]
A serious failure occurred in the operation of AI services ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Users reported the unavailability of these services. Experts do not rule out that the cause of the second outage of the day for ChatGPT could be yet another large-scale cyberattack, highlighting the system's vulnerability to various issues. Source: Kandinsky Source: 3dnews.ru
On June 4, the stable version 14 of FreeBSD received its first update. Supported architectures: amd64 i386 powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64le powerpcspe armv7 aarch64 riscv64 Noteworthy points include: SIMD versions of string and memory operations were implemented in the C library, which may improve code performance on the amd64 architecture; Improvements were made to the audio subsystem, including hotplugging of devices; Native […]
The processor Lunar Lake announced today will become Intel's new flagship solution for thin laptops. It is based on the new P-cores Lion Cove and E-cores Skymont. The latter has undergone significant changes—their final performance compared to previous cores of the same class used in Meteor Lake has nearly doubled. The P-cores Lion Cove received a significant number of enhancements […]
Fooyin version 0.4.4 has been released. Fooyin is an audio player created on Qt6 in the style of Foobar2000. Currently, it is natively available only on Linux. The player is licensed under GNU GPL 3. Fooyin offers a wide range of custom settings for managing and playing your music collection. It can be extended with plugins and the FooScript language. Audio playback is supported by FFmpeg along with […]
Client Cox Communications, the third largest cable television provider in the USA and one of the largest broadband operators with 6.5 million subscribers, published the results of experiments with its internal Web API used for external requests, which is applied, among other things, for customer support access to subscriber modems and the user base. It turned out that knowing only the subscriber's MAC address […]
After six years of development, DuckDB 1.0 has been released, positioned as an SQLite alternative for analytical queries. DuckDB combines properties of SQLite such as compactness, the ability to connect as an embedded library, storage of the database in a single file, and a user-friendly CLI interface, with features and optimizations for executing analytical queries that cover a significant portion of stored data, such as performing aggregation of all content […]
The free and open-source monitoring system Zabbix 7.0 LTS has been released. Version 7.0 is classified as a long-term support (LTS) version. Users on non-LTS versions are recommended to transition to the LTS versions of the product. Zabbix is a versatile system for monitoring the performance and availability of servers, services, engineering and networking equipment, applications, databases, […]