Author: ProHoster

Release of Angie 1.4.0, a Russian fork of Nginx

The release of the high-performance HTTP server and multi-protocol proxy server Angie 1.4.0 has been published, a fork from Nginx by a group of former project developers who left the F5 Network company. Angie's source code is available under a BSD license. The project has received certificates of compatibility with the Russian operating systems Red OS, Astra Linux Special Edition, Rosa Chrome 12 Server, Alt and FSTEC versions of Alt. Development support is provided by the company “Web Server”, [...]

Scientists have grown a tiny human brain connected to a PC - it quickly learned to solve equations and distinguish people by voice

New work with living human brain cells has shown the promise of combining living tissue with a computer. A colony of living neurons trained faster than artificial models with almost the same result. Putting aside the issue of ethics, which is still far from problematic, living human brain cells can surpass current and future neural networks running on silicon chips, both in performance and […]

The once largest cellular retailer Svyaznoy is officially declared bankrupt

The Moscow Arbitration Court declared the well-known and once largest Russian cellular retailer Set Svyaznoy LLC bankrupt. The decision was the culmination of the company's long-term financial problems, which worsened in 2022 following the filing of almost 80 claims from various creditors, suppliers, lessors and logistics companies amounting to more than 14 billion rubles. Image source: SvyaznoySource: 3dnews.ru

Vulnerabilities in LibreOffice that allow execution of a Gstreamer script or plugin

Information has been disclosed about two vulnerabilities in the free office suite LibreOffice, which are assigned a high level of danger (8.3 out of 10). The issues have been resolved in the recent LibreOffice 7.6.4 and 7.5.9 updates. The first vulnerability (CVE-2023-6186) allows the execution of an arbitrary script when a user clicks on a link specially added to a document that launches built-in macros or internal commands. In certain situations it was possible [...]

Proposal for shifting responsibility for bugs in open source

James Bottomley of IBM Research, who maintains the SCSI and PA-RISC subsystems in the Linux kernel and previously chaired the Linux Foundation's technical committee, proposed a solution to the problem by potentially holding open source developers accountable for errors in the code or improper fixing of vulnerabilities. The idea is to shift legal responsibility for errors in the original […]

US Secretary of Commerce: NVIDIA can, will and should sell AI accelerators to China

After initial criticism of NVIDIA's efforts to adapt its products to the ever-changing US sanctions against China, the first country's Commerce Secretary has slightly changed her rhetoric. She makes it clear that the US authorities do not object to the supply of NVIDIA accelerators to China, if we are not talking about the most productive solutions for the commercial market. Image source: […]

Another blow to sanctions: Chinese CXMT has developed advanced DRAM memory with GAA transistors

Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is China's industry leader in DRAM chip manufacturing, and this week it became aware of not only its breakthrough in the technology sector, but also its intentions to attract investment instead of an IPO, which is being postponed. The fundraising will occur against the backdrop of an estimated capitalization of CXMT at $19,5 billion. Image source: CXMTSource: 3dnews.ru

New article: Review of Full HD IPS monitor CHiQ LMN24F680-S: an amazing discovery

Sanctions, “parallel imports”, the official departure of well-known brands from Russia, market redistribution and, finally, the appearance of products from companies that the average Russian has never heard of before. Anything new is suspicious, especially when store shelves are flooded with less-than-quality OEM products. However, the Chinese brand CHiQ is a bird of a completely different flight. Source: 3dnews.ru