Oracle has published a corrective release of the virtualization system VirtualBox 6.0.14, which notes 13 fixes. Main changes in release 6.0.14: Compatibility with Linux 5.3 kernel is provided; Improved compatibility with guest systems that use the ALSA audio subsystem in AC'97 emulation mode; Flickering, redrawing, and crashing of some […]
Studio Daybreak Game Company (Z1 Battle Royale, Planetside) has laid off several employees. The company confirmed the layoffs after many of the affected employees discussed the job cuts on Twitter. It's unclear how many people were affected, although a Reddit thread dedicated to the topic suggested that the Planetside 2 and Planetside Arena teams were most affected. “We are taking steps to improve […]
Mozilla developers have announced a decision to remove all add-ons for integration with search engines that use OpenSearch technology from the Firefox add-ons catalog. Also reported is the future removal of support for the OpenSearch XML markup from Firefox, which allowed sites to define scripts to integrate search engines into the browser's search bar. Add-ons based on OpenSearch will be removed on December 5th. Instead of […]
I’ll tell you about a funny situation that happened to me, and how to become a contributor to a famous project. Not long ago I was tinkering with an idea: booting Linux directly from UEFI... The idea is not new and there are a number of manuals on this topic. One of them can be viewed here Actually, my long-standing attempts to resolve this issue resulted in [...]
On the website of the South Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), according to network sources, Samsung's patent documentation for the next smartphone has been published. This time we are talking about a device in a classic monoblock case without a flexible display. A feature of the device should be a triple front camera. Judging by the patent illustrations, it will be located in an oblong hole in […]
Holyvar. History of Runet. Part 1. The beginning: hippies from California, Nosik and the dashing 90s of Holivar. History of Runet. Part 2. Counterculture: bastards, marijuana and the Kremlin Holivar. History of Runet. Part 3. Search engines: Yandex vs Rambler. How not to make investments Holivar. History of Runet. Part 4. Mail.ru: games, social networks, Durov Seattle - the birthplace of grunge, Starbucks and LiveJournal - blogging platforms, […]
By the end of this month, sales of the Canon IVY REC action camera, aimed at athletes and outdoor enthusiasts, will begin. The new product is housed in a durable sealed case with dimensions of 110,5 × 45,2 × 18,5 mm. There is a special clip that allows you to hang the device, say, on a belt or backpack strap. The same clip serves as a viewfinder. The IVY REC model is equipped with a 13-megapixel sensor. Video recording is supported in [...]
Holyvar. History of Runet. Part 1. The beginning: hippies from California, Nosik and the dashing 90s of Holivar. History of Runet. Part 2. Counterculture: bastards, marijuana and the Kremlin Holivar. History of Runet. Part 3. Search engines: Yandex vs Rambler. How not to invest “Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner.” Disclaimer. This article is a transcript of the wonderful film “Holivar” by Andrei Loshak. Eat […]
Samsung Electronics has introduced new semiconductor products designed for use in self-driving and electric vehicles. The solutions were demonstrated as part of the Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) 2019 event in Munich (Germany). The new chips are designed for the automotive industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Samsung, in particular, showed innovative platforms that combine key technical […]
1. The day is approaching evening. I need to refactor the legacy code, no matter what. But he insists: unit tests do not turn green. I get up to make a cup of coffee and refocus. I'm distracted by a phone call. This is Marina. “Hello, Marin,” I say, glad that I can remain idle for a couple more minutes. […]
Zabbix is a monitoring system. Like any other system, it faces three main problems of all monitoring systems: collecting and processing data, storing history, and cleaning it. The stages of receiving, processing and recording data take time. Not much, but for a large system this can result in large delays. The storage problem is a data access issue. They […]
Despite the abandonment of the Unity shell and the transition to Gnome, Canonical continues to develop the Mir display server, which was recently released under version 1.5. Among the changes, one can note the expansion of the MirAL layer (Mir Abstraction Layer), used to avoid direct access to the Mir server and abstract access to the ABI through the libmiral library. MirAL has been added […]
