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Programming language Julia 1.9 available

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The release of the programming language Julia 1.9 has been published, combining such qualities as high performance, support for dynamic typing and built-in tools for parallel programming. The syntax of Julia is close to MATLAB, with some elements borrowed from Ruby and Lisp. The string manipulation method is reminiscent of Perl. The project code is distributed under the MIT license. Key features of the language: High performance: one of the key goals of the […]

Firefox 113 release

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The Firefox 113 web browser has been released and an update to the long-term support branch, 102.11.0, has been formed. The Firefox 114 branch has been moved to the beta testing stage and is scheduled for release on June 6th. Major new features in Firefox 113: Enabled displaying the entered search query in the address bar instead of showing the search engine URL (i.e. keys are shown in the address bar not only in […]

India blocks open messengers Element and Briar

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As part of an initiative to make separatist coordination more difficult, the Indian government has begun blocking 14 messaging apps. Among the blocked applications were open projects Element and Briar. The formal reason for blocking is the absence of representative offices of these projects in India, which are legally responsible for application-related activities and, under current Indian law, are required to provide information about users. […]

Lennart Pottering suggested adding a soft reload mode to systemd

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Lennart Pottering talked about preparations for adding a soft-reboot mode ("systemctl soft-reboot") to the systemd system manager, which causes only user-space components to be restarted without touching the Linux kernel. Compared to a normal reboot, a soft reboot is expected to reduce downtime when updating environments that use prebuilt system images. The new mode will allow you to shut down all processes […]

LLVM Creator Develops New Mojo Programming Language

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Chris Lattner, founder and chief architect of LLVM and creator of the Swift programming language, and Tim Davis, former head of Google AI projects such as Tensorflow and JAX, introduced a new Mojo programming language that combines ease of use for R&D and rapid prototyping with suitability for high performance end products. The first is achieved through the use of […]

Vulnerability in GitLab that allows you to run the code when building in the CI of any project

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Corrective updates to the collaborative development platform — GitLab 15.11.2, 15.10.6 and 15.9.7 — have been published that fix a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-2478) that allows any authenticated user to attach their own runner handler through manipulations with the GraphQL API ( application for launching tasks when building the project code in a continuous integration system) to any project on the same server. Operating details are not yet […]

Memtest86+ 6.20 Memory Test System Release

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The release of Memtest86+ 6.20 RAM testing program is available. The program is not tied to operating systems and can be run directly from the BIOS / UEFI firmware or from the bootloader to conduct a full test of RAM. If problems are found, the map of bad memory areas built in Memtest86+ can be used in the Linux kernel to exclude problem areas using the memmap option. […]

Nintendo demanded to block the Lockpick project, which stopped the development of the Skyline Switch emulator

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Nintendo sent a request to GitHub to block the Lockpick and Lockpick_RCM repositories, as well as about 80 forks of them. The claim is submitted under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The projects are accused of violating Nintendo's intellectual property and bypassing the protection technologies used in the Nintendo Switch consoles. The application is currently on […]

Leaked Intel private keys used to notarize MSI firmware

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During the attack on MSI's information systems, the attackers managed to download more than 500 GB of the company's internal data, which contains, among other things, the source codes of firmware and related tools for assembling them. The perpetrators demanded $4 million for non-disclosure, but MSI refused and some of the data was made public. Among the published data were transmitted […]

seL4 project wins ACM Software System Award

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The seL4 open microkernel project has received the ACM Software System Award, an annual award given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the most respected international organization in the field of computer systems. The award is given for achievements in the field of mathematical proof of operation, which indicates full compliance with specifications given in a formal language and recognizes readiness for use in mission-critical applications. seL4 project […]

Portable release of OpenBGPD 8.0

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The release of the portable edition of the OpenBGPD 8.0 routing package, developed by the developers of the OpenBSD project and adapted for use in FreeBSD and Linux (alpine, Debian, Fedora, RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu support is announced). To ensure portability, parts of the code from the OpenNTPD, OpenSSH and LibreSSL projects were used. The project supports most of the BGP 4 specifications and complies with the requirements of RFC8212, but does not try to embrace the […]

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