Users of various Russian providers have recently reported issues connecting to the anonymous Tor network when accessing the internet through different providers and mobile operators. The main blocking occurs in Moscow when connecting through providers such as MTS, Rostelecom, Akado, Tele2, Yota, Beeline, and Megafon. Individual reports of blocking have also come from users in Saint Petersburg, Ufa […]
The CentOS project has officially announced the availability of CentOS Stream 9, which serves as the foundation for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 distribution within a new, more open development process. CentOS Stream belongs to continuously updated distributions, allowing earlier access to packages developed for future RHEL releases. Builds are prepared for x86_64, Aarch64 architectures […]
A group of researchers from Tel Aviv University has introduced HyperStyle, an inverted variant of the StyleGAN2 machine learning system developed by NVIDIA, redesigned to recreate missing parts when editing real images. The code is written in Python using the PyTorch framework and is distributed under the MIT license. While StyleGAN allows for the synthesis of realistically appearing new human faces by setting parameters such as age and gender […]
Alpha testing of the openSUSE Leap 15.4 distribution has started, built on a base set of packages that is the same as that of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP 4, and also includes some user applications from the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository. A universal DVD image of 3.9 GB (x86_64, aarch64, ppc64les, 390x) is available for download. Alpha builds with rolling package updates are scheduled for regular release until mid-February. 16 […]
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-43527) has been discovered in the NSS (Network Security Services) cryptographic library set developed by Mozilla, which could allow an attacker to execute code when processing DSA or RSA-PSS digital signatures encoded using the DER (Distinguished Encoding Rules) method. The issue, codenamed BigSig, has been resolved in NSS versions 3.73 and NSS ESR 3.68.1. Package updates […]
Two months after the release of the mobile platform Android 12, Google has formed an edition for smart TVs and set-top boxes, Android TV 12. The platform is currently available only for app developers for testing — ready builds have been prepared for the Google ADT-3 set-top box (including an OTA update) and the Android Emulator for TV. Firmware updates for consumer devices are expected […]
The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) has published information on the progress of its lawsuit against Vizio regarding non-compliance with GPL license requirements in the distribution of firmware for SmartCast-based smart TVs. Vizio has not expressed a willingness to rectify the GPL violation, has not engaged in negotiations to resolve the identified issues, and has not attempted to prove that the allegations are incorrect […]
The release of NixOS 21.11 has been announced, based on the Nix package manager, providing several proprietary developments that simplify system configuration and maintenance. For instance, NixOS uses a single system configuration file (configuration.nix), allows for quick rollback of updates, supports switching between different system states, permits individual users to install custom packages (with packages installed in the home directory), and supports simultaneous installation […]
The release of Chrome OS 96, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart init system, the ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and web browser Chrome 96 has been announced. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard applications, web applications are deployed; however, Chrome OS includes a full-fledged multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The build of Chrome OS 96 […]
The release of the optical character recognition system Tesseract 4.1, supporting UTF-8 character recognition and texts in over 100 languages, including Russian, Kazakh, Belarusian, and Ukrainian, has been announced. The output can be saved as plain text or in HTML (hOCR), ALTO (XML), PDF, and TSV formats. The system was originally created between 1985 and 1995 at Hewlett Packard's laboratory, in […]
The Ubuntu RescuePack 21.11 build is available for free download, allowing for a complete antivirus check to detect and remove various malware, computer viruses, trojans, rootkits, worms, spyware, and ransomware without launching the main operating system, as well as to cure infected computers. The size of the bootable Live image is 3.4 GB (x86_64). It includes ESET NOD32 4 antivirus packages, […]
The release of library SDL 2.0.18 (Simple DirectMedia Layer) aimed at simplifying the writing of games and multimedia applications has occurred. The SDL library provides features such as hardware-accelerated output of 2D and 3D graphics, input handling, sound playback, 3D output via OpenGL/OpenGL ES/Vulkan, and many other associated operations. The library is written in C and is distributed under the zlib license. To use the capabilities of SDL […]