You enter a corridor with subdued light, where you meet destitute souls, tormented by pain and suffering. But there will be no peace for them here, because behind each of the doors more torment and fear awaits them, filling all the cells of the body and filling all thoughts. You come to one of the doors, behind which you hear an infernal rattle and […]
I am often asked questions about how to start a career in IT, and first of all, my compatriots are Nigerians. It is impossible to give a universal answer to most of these questions, but still, it seems to me that if I outline a general approach to debuting in IT, it may turn out to be useful. Is it necessary to be able to write code? Most of the questions I get […]
The UBports project, which took over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after Canonical pulled away from it, published an OTA-10 (over-the-air) firmware update for all officially supported smartphones and tablets that were equipped with firmware based on Ubuntu. The update is for OnePlus One, Fairphone 2, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2013, Meizu […]
The ClamAV 0.101.4 free anti-virus package has been released, which fixes a vulnerability (CVE-2019-12900) in the implementation of the bzip2 archive unpacker, which can lead to overwriting of memory areas outside the allocated buffer when processing too many selectors. The new version also blocks a workaround for creating non-recursive "zip bombs", which was protected from in the last release. Previously added protection […]
Email-driven project hosting sourcehut is ready to provide Bitbucket users with Mercurial migrations for projects that will soon be unsupported. Source: linux.org.ru
The admins of the NPM repository blocked the bb-builder package, which was found to contain a malicious insert. The malicious package has remained undetected since August last year. During the year, the attackers managed to release 7 new versions, which were downloaded about 200 times. When the package was installed, an executable file for Windows was launched, transferring confidential information to an external host. Users who installed the package are advised to urgently change all […]
The Solaris 11.4 SRU 12 operating system update has been published, which offers a series of regular fixes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the fixes proposed in the update, just run the 'pkg update' command. In the new release: The GCC compiler suite has been updated to version 9.1; A new branch of Python 3.7 (3.7.3) is included. Previously, Python 3.5 was shipped. Added new […]
The Linux Foundation has unveiled the eighth release of the AGL UCB (Automotive Grade Linux Unified Code Base) distribution, which develops a universal platform for use in various automotive subsystems, from dashboards to automotive infotainment systems. The distribution is based on the developments of the Tizen, GENIVI and Yocto projects. The graphical environment is based on Qt, Wayland and the developments of the Weston IVI Shell project. […]
The graphics in The Witcher 3 for Nintendo Switch may not look very impressive in some places, but still, the release of a game of this magnitude on a hybrid console is nothing short of a miracle. Senior producer of CD Projekt RED Piotr Chrzanowski told Eurogamer how a huge RPG with both add-ons was able to be compressed to the size of a […]
The Qt project presented an edition of the framework for microcontrollers and low-power devices - Qt for MCUs. One of the advantages of the project is the ability to create graphical applications for microcontrollers using the usual API and developer tools, which are also used to create full-fledged GUIs for desktop systems. The interface for microcontrollers is created using not only the C++ API, but also using QML with widgets […]
Google launched the Privacy Sandbox initiative, in which it proposed several APIs for implementation in browsers to achieve a compromise between the need for users to maintain privacy and the desire of advertising networks and sites to track visitor preferences. Practice shows that confrontation only aggravates the situation. For example, the introduction of blocking cookies used for tracking has led to increased use of alternative techniques […]
The gaming exhibition gamescom 2019 in Cologne presented many surprises. Well-known automaker Ford has announced plans to seriously engage in eSports. Currently, the company is already looking for the best virtual car pilots to create their own eSports teams. For now, Fordzilla's national teams will be limited to five countries: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. In addition, it is planned to form a team of [...]
