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Thanks to Intel, World of Tanks will have ray tracing that works on all video cards

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The developers of the popular multiplayer game World of Tanks promised to implement realistic shadows working through ray tracing technology in the next versions of the Core graphics engine they use. After the release of the GeForce RTX family of graphics accelerators, support for ray tracing in modern games will not surprise anyone today, but in World of Tanks everything will be done completely differently. Developers are going to rely […]

Richard M. Stallman resigned

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On September 16, 2019, Richard M. Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, resigned as president and member of the board of directors. Starting now, the board begins the search for a new president. Further details of the search will be published on fsf.org. Source: linux.org.ru

LastPass Fixes Vulnerability That Could Lead to Data Leakage

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Last week, the developers of the popular password manager LastPass released an update that fixes a vulnerability that could lead to the leak of user data. The issue was announced after it was resolved and LastPass users were advised to update their password manager to the latest version. We are talking about a vulnerability that could be used by attackers to steal data entered by the user on the last website visited. […]

Release of GhostBSD 19.09

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The release of the desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 19.09, built on the basis of TrueOS and offering the MATE user environment, has been presented. By default, GhostBSD uses the OpenRC init system and the ZFS file system. Both work in Live mode and installation on a hard drive are supported (using its own ginstall installer, written in Python). Boot images are created for amd64 architecture (2.5 GB). IN […]

Windows 4515384 update KB10 breaks network, sound, USB, search, Microsoft Edge, and start menu

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It looks like fall is a bad time for Windows 10 developers. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain the fact that almost a year ago, a whole bunch of problems appeared in build 1809, and only after the re-release. This includes incompatibility with older AMD video cards, problems with search in Windows Media, and even a crash in iCloud. But it seems that the situation is […]

Neovim 0.4 is available, a modernized version of the Vim editor

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Neovim 0.4 has been released, a fork of the Vim editor focused on increasing extensibility and flexibility. The original developments of the project are distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, and the basic part is distributed under the Vim license. The Neovim project has been overhauling the Vim codebase for over five years, introducing changes that make code easier to maintain, providing a means of dividing labor between several […]

The European Court promised to investigate the legitimacy of Apple's tax evasion charges for a record amount of 13 billion euros

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The European Court of General Jurisdiction has begun hearing the case of Apple's record fine for tax evasion. The corporation believes that the EU Commission made a mistake in its calculations, demanding such a large amount from it. Moreover, the EU Commission allegedly did this deliberately, disregarding Irish tax law, US tax law, as well as the provisions of the global consensus on tax policy. The court will examine [...]

Edward Snowden gave an interview in which he shared his opinion about instant messengers

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Edward Snowden, a former NSA employee hiding from American intelligence services in Russia, gave an interview to the French radio station France Inter. Among other topics discussed, of particular interest is the question of whether it is reckless and risky to use Whatsapp and Telegram, citing the fact that the French Prime Minister communicates with his ministers via Whatsapp, and the President with his subordinates […]

A new version of the exFAT driver for Linux has been proposed

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In the future release and current beta versions of the Linux kernel 5.4, driver support for the Microsoft exFAT file system has appeared. However, this driver is based on old Samsung code (branch version number 1.2.9). In its own smartphones, the company already uses a version of the sdFAT driver based on branch 2.2.0. Now information has been published that South Korean developer Park Ju Hyun […]

Richard Stallman Steps Down as President of the Free Software Foundation

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Richard Stallman decided to resign as president of the Open Source Foundation and to resign from the board of directors of this organization. The foundation has begun the process of searching for a new president. The decision was made in response to criticism of Stallman's comments, which were noted as unworthy of the leader of the SPO movement. Following careless remarks on the MIT CSAIL mailing list, during a discussion about MIT staff involvement in […]

The final preparations for the launch of the Soyuz MS-15 manned spacecraft have begun

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The Roscosmos State Corporation reports that the final stage of preparation for the flight of the main and backup crews of the next expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) has begun at Baikonur. We are talking about the launch of the Soyuz MS-15 manned spacecraft. The launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with this device is scheduled for September 25, 2019 from the Gagarin Launch (site No. 1) of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. IN […]

Viber's new feature will allow users to create their own stickers

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Text messaging applications have a similar set of functions, so not all of them manage to attract the attention of the general public. Currently, the market is dominated by a few big players such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook Messenger. Developers of other apps in this category must look for ways to get people to use their products. One of these […]

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