Author: ProHoster

DUMP Kazan - Tatarstan Developers Conference: CFP and tickets at the starting price

On November 8, Kazan will host the Tatarstan developer conference - DUMP What will happen: 4 streams: Backend, Frontend, DevOps, Management Master classes and discussions Speakers of top IT conferences: HolyJS, HighLoad, DevOops, PyCon Russia, etc. 400+ participants Entertainment from conference partners and after-party Conference reports are designed for middle/middle+ level of developers Applications for reports are accepted until September 15 Until 1 […]

The OpenBSD project begins publishing package updates to the stable branch

The publication of package updates for the stable branch of OpenBSD has been announced. Previously, when using the "-stable" branch, it was only possible to receive binary updates to the base system via syspatch. The packages were built once for the release branch and were no longer updated. Now it is planned to support three branches: “-release”: a frozen branch, packages from which are collected once for release and no longer […]

GCC will be removed from the FreeBSD core

The FreeBSD developers have presented a plan to remove GCC 4.2.1 from the FreeBSD base system source code. GCC components will be removed before the FreeBSD 13 branch is forked, which will only include the Clang compiler. GCC can, if desired, be delivered from ports that offer GCC 9, 7 and 8, as well as already deprecated GCC releases […]

Firefox Update 68.0.2

A corrective update for Firefox 68.0.2 has been published, which fixes several problems: A vulnerability (CVE-2019-11733) that allows you to copy saved passwords without entering the master password has been fixed. When using the ‘copy password’ option in the Saved Logins dialog (‘Page Info/ Security/ View Saved Password)’, copying to the clipboard is carried out without the need to enter a password (the password entry dialog is displayed, but the data is copied […]

Oracle intends to redesign DTrace for Linux using eBPF

Oracle has announced work to push DTrace-related changes upstream and plans to implement DTrace dynamic debugging technology on top of the native Linux kernel infrastructure, namely using subsystems such as eBPF. Initially, the main problem with using DTrace on Linux was incompatibility at the license level, but in 2018 Oracle relicensed the code […]

EPEL 8 release with packages from Fedora for RHEL 8

The EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) project, which maintains a repository of additional packages for RHEL and CentOS, announced that the EPEL 8 repository is ready for release. The repository was created two weeks ago and is now considered ready for implementation. Through EPEL, users of distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux are offered an additional set of community-supported packages from Fedora Linux […]

New vulnerability in Ghostscript

The series of vulnerabilities (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) in Ghostscript, a set of tools for processing, converting and generating documents in PostScript and PDF formats, continues. Like previous vulnerabilities, the new problem (CVE-2019-10216) allows, when processing specially designed documents, to bypass the “-dSAFER” isolation mode (through manipulations with “.buildfont1”) and gain access to the contents of the file system, which can be used […]

Spam calls are received by 75% of smartphone owners in Russia

Kaspersky Lab reports that the majority of Russian smartphone owners receive spam calls with unnecessary promotional offers. It is said that “junk” calls are received by 72% of Russian subscribers. In other words, three out of four Russian owners of “smart” cellular devices receive unnecessary voice calls. The most common spam calls are with offers of loans and credits. Russian subscribers often receive calls [...]

Spelunky 2 may not be released until the end of 2019

The sequel to indie game Spelunky 2 may not be released until the end of 2019. Project designer Derek Yu announced this on Twitter. He noted that the studio is actively engaged in its creation, but the final goal is still far away. “Greetings to all Spelunky 2 fans. Unfortunately, I have to report that most likely the game will not be released until the end of this year. […]

Electronic Arts has officially unveiled Need for Speed ​​Heat

Electronic Arts and Ghost Games have announced Need for Speed ​​Heat, a continuation of the famous racing series. The game will be released on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 8th. Need for Speed ​​Heat will offer both legal daytime and illegal nighttime car racing. The game takes place in Palm City. During the day there is a sanctioned tournament called […]

Valve will change the method of calculating the rating in Dota Underlords for the "Lords of the White Spire"

Valve will rework the rating calculation system in Dota 2 Underlords at the rank of “Lords of the White Spire”. The developers will add an Elo rating system to the game, thanks to which users will receive a number of points depending on the level of opponents. Thus, in case you receive a large reward when fighting with players whose rating is significantly higher and vice versa. Company […]

PC release of horror action game Daymare: 1998 will take place on September 17

Developers from Invader Studios have decided on the release date for the horror action game Daymare: 1998 on PC: the release on the Steam store will take place on September 17. The premiere was a little delayed, because initially it was supposed to take place before the end of summer. However, the wait is not long, just a month. In the meantime, everyone can get acquainted with the demo version of the game, which is already [...]