After three months of development, the UBports project, which took over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after Canonical stepped back, has released the OTA-4 Focal (over-the-air) firmware. This is the fourth release of Ubuntu Touch, based on the package base of Ubuntu 20.04 (previous releases were based on Ubuntu 16.04). The project is also developing an experimental desktop port of Unity 8, […]
The developers of the anonymous Tor network have published the results of the second audit conducted by Radically Open Security from April to August 2023 (the first audit was conducted by Cure53 from November 2022 to April 2023). The review covered the code for the operation of exit nodes, Tor Browser, infrastructure components (metric collection, SWBS, Onionoo API), and […]
Details of two vulnerabilities in the JPEG XL decoder supplied with the FFmpeg package have been disclosed, which may lead to remote code execution when processing specially crafted images in FFmpeg. The issues were fixed in FFmpeg 6.1, but since support for JPEG XL is included starting from the 6.1 branch, the vulnerability only affects systems using experimental builds of FFmpeg 6.1 […]
As part of the preparation for the first public release under the free MPL-2.0 license, the source codes of the build tools and specific components of the Helios distribution, developed by Oxide Computer, have been made available. The entire software stack of the Oxide platform is open source. The Helios distribution is based on the work of the Illumos project, which continues to develop the kernel, network stack, file systems, drivers, libraries, and a core set of system utilities from OpenSolaris. […]
The nonlinear video editor Shotcut 24.01 has been released, built on MLT and Qt6. Among the new features are the addition of the Loop and Set Loop Range player functions. These functions allow for cyclic playback of a selected fragment during project work. A Group/Ungroup function has appeared on the timeline, enabling the grouping of selected project elements into a single unit for […]
As part of the preparation for the first public release under the free MPL-2.0 license, the source texts of the build tools and specific components of the Helios distribution, developed by Oxide Computer, have been opened. This distribution is used to support the operation of the software-controlled Oxide Rack cloud server racks. The entire software stack of the Oxide platform is open. The Helios distribution is based on the developments of the Illumos project, which continues the development of the kernel, […]
The Browser Company, which has been developing the Arc browser for the past few years, has unveiled a new product. This is the Arc Search app for iOS, which merges the capabilities of a browser and a search engine with algorithms based on artificial intelligence. This approach allows for the creation of personalized answer pages based on the queries entered by the user during their interaction with the service. Image source: […]
On January 24, following nearly four years of development, the release of the header-only SIMD-optimized C++ library GLM (OpenGL Mathematics) version 1.0.0 was announced, based on the GLSL specifications (pdf) (OpenGL Shading Language). Changes include the addition of the GLM_EXT_scalar_reciprocal module with tests; the GLM_EXT_vector_reciprocal module with tests; the GLM_EXT_matrix_integer module with tests; functions glm::iround and glm::uround added to the GLM_EXT_scalar_common and GLM_EXT_vector_common modules; the addition of the GLM_FORCE_UNRESTRICTED_FLOAT function for […]
Information has been revealed about the vulnerability CVE-2023-6200 in the Linux kernel's networking stack, which under certain circumstances allows an attacker from a local network to execute their code by sending a specially crafted ICMPv6 packet with an RA (Router Advertisement) message intended to announce router information. This vulnerability can only be exploited from within the local network and occurs in systems with support for […]
The developers of the GTK library have announced the readiness of two new rendering engines — ‘ngl’ and ‘vulkan’ — utilizing the OpenGL (GL 3.3+ and GLES 3.0+) and Vulkan graphics APIs. The new engines are included in the experimental release GTK 4.13.6. In the experimental branch of GTK, the ngl engine is now used by default, but in the next stable branch 4.14, significant issues may lead to a change […]
On January 27, the release of the console file manager Midnight Commander 4.8.31 was announced, distributed in source code under the GPLv3+ license. Key changes include: VFS now supports the LZO/LZOP compression format. The virtual file system uc1541, providing access to disk images for Commodore VIC20/C64/C128, has been updated to version 3.6. The implementation of the virtual file system s3+, used for accessing Amazon AWS S3 storage, has been transitioned to […]
Opera, the Norwegian company behind the namesake browser, has announced the launch of its new AI browser Opera One for iOS devices in the European Union (EU). Opera One will operate on its own unique browser engine. This became possible after Apple softened its App Store policy in response to the demands of the "Digital Markets Act" (DMA), now allowing […]