Google has proposed that browser developers introduce blocking the download of dangerous file types if the page referring to the download is opened via HTTPS, but the download is initiated without encryption via HTTP. The problem is that there is no security indication during download, the file just downloads in the background. When such a download is launched from a page opened over HTTP, […]
The release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 5.4 is available, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and maintaining virtual servers using LXC and KVM, and can act as a replacement for products such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer. The size of the installation iso image is 640 MB. Proxmox VE provides the tools to deploy a complete virtualization […]
The discussion platform Stack Overflow published the results of an annual survey in which about 90 thousand software developers took part. The most frequently used language by survey participants is JavaScript 67.8% (a year ago 69.8%, the majority of Stack Overflow participants are web developers). The greatest increase in popularity, as last year, is demonstrated by Python, which over the year moved from 7th to 4th place, overtaking Java […]
After two months of development, the release of the system manager systemd 242 is presented. Among the innovations, we can note support for L2TP tunnels, the ability to control the behavior of systemd-logind on restart through environment variables, support for extended XBOOTLDR boot partitions for mounting /boot, the ability to boot with a root partition in overlayfs, and There are also a large number of new settings for different types of units. Major changes: In systemd-networkd […]
The developers of the platform for decentralized messaging Matrix announced an emergency shutdown of the servers Matrix.org and Riot.im (the main client of Matrix) due to hacking of the project infrastructure. The first outage took place last night, after which the servers were restored and the applications rebuilt from reference sources. But a few minutes ago the servers were compromised for the second time. The attackers placed on the main […]
Despite the mirrorless era of the system camera market, classic DSLR models continue to be more important and popular products for companies like Nikon and Canon. The latter continues to downsize its DSLR offerings and has unveiled the world's lightest and most compact DSLR camera with a rotating display, the EOS 250D (in some markets, the EOS Rebel SL3 […]
The Chinese company OPPO today, April 10, introduced a flagship smartphone under the new Reno brand - the Reno 10x Zoom Edition with a number of unique functions. As expected, the new product received a non-standard retractable camera: an original mechanism was used that lifts one of the side parts of a rather large module. It contains a 16-megapixel sensor and flash; maximum aperture is f/2,0. It is claimed that the module […]
Specialists from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have a new development in the exploration of Mars - the rover drilled a hole in the clay soil of Gale Crater. “Don’t let your dream be a dream,” the team of scientists operating the rover tweeted. “I finally found myself below the surface of these clays.” Scientific research is ahead." “At this moment the mission […]
At MWC2019, Qualcomm showed videos of interesting scenarios for using an outdoor 5G mmWave network, both outside the office and, in some cases, indoors. Let's consider them in more detail. The photo above shows the Qualcomm campus in San Diego, California, showing three buildings and 5G and LTE base stations. 5G coverage in the 28 GHz band (band […]
On April 10, 2019, GitHub, without declaring war, removed the repository of the popular GoodByeDPI utility, designed to bypass government blocking (censorship) of sites on the Internet. What is DPI, how is it related to blocking and why to fight it (according to the author): Providers of the Russian Federation, for the most part, use deep traffic analysis systems (DPI, Deep Packet Inspection) to block sites […]
On March 31, 2019, 5 years after the previous release, a new version of the Dylan language compiler was released - Open Dylan 2019.1. Dylan is a dynamic programming language that implements the ideas of Common Lisp and CLOS in a more familiar syntax without parentheses. The main features of this version: stabilization of the LLVM backend for i386 and x86_64 architectures on Linux, FreeBSD and macOS; added to the compiler [...]
The Dead Space series has not shown any signs of life since 2013. Electronic Arts is clearly in no hurry to resurrect it, and the producer of the first game, Glen Schofield, who no longer works for the company, can only dream of working on a sequel. However, nothing prevents indie studios from creating projects inspired by the series - like Negative Atmosphere. Recently, developers from Sun Scorched Studios published […]
