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Rust programming language 1.73 release

The release of the Rust 1.73 general-purpose programming language, founded by the Mozilla project, but now developed under the auspices of the independent non-profit organization Rust Foundation, has been published. The language focuses on memory safety and provides the means to achieve high job parallelism while avoiding the use of a garbage collector and runtime (runtime is reduced to basic initialization and maintenance of the standard library). […]

British NexGen Cloud will invest $1 billion in the creation of a European AI supercloud of 20 thousand NVIDIA H100

The British company NexGen Cloud, according to the Datacenter Dynamics resource, intends to invest $1 billion in the AI ​​Supercloud project: we are talking about the deployment of the so-called AI supercloud in Europe. The creation of the platform will begin this month. NexGen Cloud has already placed orders for equipment worth approximately $576 million. When fully completed, the system will combine 20 thousand NVIDIA H100 accelerators. […]

Source code for Raptor: Call Of The Shadows available for DOS

On October 1, the source code for the game Raptor: Call Of The Shadows for DOS was published. The game is written in the C programming language, the code is published under the GPLv2 license. Raptor: Call Of The Shadows is a vertical scrolling shooter released in 1994 for the MS-DOS operating system. The game also had a re-release in 2015. Source: linux.org.ru

Java 21 LTS released

The public version of Java 21 has been released. Java 21 is an LTS release, which means it will have updates for at least 5 years from the date of release. Main changes: String Templates (Preview) Sequenced Collections Generational ZGC Record Patterns Pattern Matching for switch Foreign Function & Memory API (Third Preview) Unnamed Patterns and Variables (Preview) Virtual Threads Unnamed Classes and […]

Python 3.12 release

On October 2, 2023, a new stable version of the popular programming language Python 3.12 was released. Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language with dynamic strong typing and automatic memory management, aimed at improving developer productivity, code readability, code quality, and portability of programs written in it. The latest stable version of Python 3.12 offers many […]

EK introduced the premium aluminum case EK-Quantum Torsion A60 worth €2600

EK (formerly EKWB) introduced the premium computer case EK-Quantum Torsion A60. It is made according to the Matrix7 concept, designed to simplify the design and assembly of a custom liquid cooling system inside it from proprietary EK components. The case will be released in a limited edition of 777 copies. Image source: EKSource: 3dnews.ru

Thunderbird developers have identified the distribution of their software with malicious inclusions

Mozilla discovered that the Thunderbird email client began to be distributed on various third-party sites with malware compiled into it. Ads appeared on the Google advertising network offering to install “ready-made builds” of the client. After installing such a build, it begins to collect confidential information about the user and send it to the scammers’ servers, and then users receive a letter with an offer […]