Author: ProHoster

Mastodon v2.9.3

Mastodon is a decentralized social network consisting of many servers connected into one network. The new version adds the following features: GIF and WebP support for custom emoticons. Logout button in the drop-down menu in the web interface. Message that text search is not available in the web interface. Added suffix to Mastodon::Version for forks. Animated custom emojis move when hovered over […]

Freedomebone 4.0, home server distribution available

Presented is the release of the Freedomebone 4.0 distribution, aimed at creating home servers that allow you to deploy your own network services on controlled equipment. Users can use such servers to store their personal data, run network services and ensure secure communications without resorting to external centralized systems. Boot images are prepared for AMD64, i386 and ARM architectures (builds for […]

GNOME Radio 0.1.0 release

The first major release of a new application developed by the GNOME project, GNOME Radio, has been announced, providing an interface for finding and listening to Internet radio stations that stream audio over the Internet. A key feature of the program is the ability to view the location of radio stations of interest on a map and select the nearest broadcasting points. The user can select the area of ​​interest and listen to Internet radio by clicking on the corresponding marks on the map. […]

Android 10 Q final beta available for download

Google has begun distributing the final sixth beta version of the Android 10 Q operating system. So far, it is only available for Google Pixel. At the same time, on those smartphones where the previous version is already installed, the new build is installed quite quickly. There are not many changes in it, since the code base is already frozen and the OS developers are focused on fixing bugs. […]

Russian schools will receive comprehensive digital services in the field of education

The Rostelecom company announced that, together with the digital educational platform Dnevnik.ru, a new structure has been formed - RTK-Dnevnik LLC. The joint venture will help in the digitalization of education. We are talking about the introduction of advanced digital technologies in Russian schools and the deployment of complex services of a new generation. The authorized capital of the formed structure is distributed among the partners in equal shares. At the same time, Dnevnik.ru contributes to [...]

Players will be able to ride alien creatures in the No Man's Sky Beyond expansion

Hello Games studio has released a release trailer for the Beyond add-on to No Man's Sky. In it, the authors demonstrated new capabilities. In the update, users will be able to ride alien beasts to get around. The video showed rides on giant crabs and unknown creatures resembling dinosaurs. In addition, the developers have improved the multiplayer, in which players will meet other users, and added support […]

Taxi prices in Russia may rise by 20% due to Yandex

The Russian company Yandex is seeking to monopolize its share of the market for online taxi ordering services. The last major transaction in the direction of consolidation was the purchase of the Vezet company. The head of rival operator Gett, Maxim Zhavoronkov, believes that such aspirations could lead to an increase in the price of taxi services by 20%. This point of view was expressed by the CEO of Gett at the International Eurasian Forum “Taxi”. Zhavoronkov notes that […]

In a year, WhatsApp has not fixed two vulnerabilities out of three.

WhatsApp messenger is used by about 1,5 billion users around the world. Therefore, the fact that attackers can use the platform to manipulate or falsify chat messages is quite alarming. The problem was discovered by the Israeli company Checkpoint Research, speaking about it at the Black Hat 2019 security conference in Las Vegas. As it turns out, the flaw allows you to control the quoting function by changing words, [...]

Apple Offers Up to $1M Rewards for Finding Vulnerabilities in iPhone

Apple is offering cybersecurity researchers up to $1 million to identify vulnerabilities in iPhones. The amount of promised security remuneration is a record for the company. Unlike other technology companies, Apple previously rewarded only hired employees who searched for vulnerabilities in iPhones and cloud backups. As part of the annual security conference […]

DRAMeXchange: contract prices for NAND memory will continue to decline in QXNUMX

July has ended - the first month of the third quarter of 2019 - and analysts from the DRAMeXchange division of the TrendForce trading platform are in a hurry to share observations and forecasts about the price movement of NAND memory in the near future. This time it turned out to be difficult to make a forecast. In June, there was an emergency production shutdown at the Toshiba plant (shared with Western Digital), and the company […]

Twitch Starts Beta Testing of Live Streaming App

Currently, most game streamers use Twitch (perhaps this will start to change with Ninja moving to Mixer). However, many people use third-party applications like OBS Studio or XSplit to set up broadcasts. Such applications help streamers change the stream and broadcast interface. However, today Twitch announced the start of beta testing of its own broadcast app: Twitch […]

Getting promoted: Will Lisa Su be able to leave AMD for a position at IBM?

This morning there were no signs of trouble. AMD announced in a laconic press release that after many years of absence, Rick Bergman, who saw the “best times” of the AMD graphics division immediately after purchasing the assets of ATI Technologies, is returning to the ranks of management. As a reminder, Bergman's responsibilities as AMD's executive vice president of Computing and Graphics will include overall management of the […]