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Rust programming language release 2021 (1.56)

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The release of the system programming language Rust 1.56, founded by the Mozilla project, but now developed under the auspices of the independent non-profit organization Rust Foundation, has been published. In addition to the regular version number, the release is also labeled as Rust 2021 and marks the stabilization of the changes proposed over the past three years. Rust 2021 will also serve as the foundation for more functionality over the next three years, similar to […]

Alibaba discovers developments related to XuanTie RISC-V processors

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Alibaba, one of the largest Chinese IT companies, announced the discovery of developments related to the XuanTie E902, E906, C906 and C910 processor cores, built on the basis of the 64-bit RISC-V instruction set architecture. XuanTie's open kernels will be developed under the new names OpenE902, OpenE906, OpenC906, and OpenC910. Diagrams, descriptions of hardware blocks in the Verilog language, a simulator and related project documentation are published on […]

Three packages have been identified in the NPM repository that perform hidden mining of cryptocurrencies

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Three malicious packages klow, klown and okhsa were detected in the NPM repository, which, hiding behind the functionality for parsing the User-Agent header (a copy of the UA-Parser-js library was used), contained malicious changes used to organize cryptocurrency mining on the user's system. The packages were posted by a single user on October 15th but were immediately identified by outside researchers who reported the issue to the NPM administration. As a result, the packages were […]

GIMP 3.0 Graphics Editor Preview Fourth

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The release of the GIMP 2.99.8 graphics editor is available for testing, which continues the development of the functionality of the future stable branch of GIMP 3.0, in which the transition to GTK3 has been made, native support for Wayland and HiDPI has been added, a significant cleanup of the codebase has been carried out, a new API for plugin development has been proposed, rendering caching has been implemented , added support for selecting multiple layers (Multi-layer selection) and provided editing in the original color […]

A technique for exploiting a vulnerability in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel has been disclosed

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Researchers from the Google Project Zero team published a method for exploiting a vulnerability (CVE-2020-29661) in the implementation of the TIOCSPGRP ioctl handler from the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel, and also examined in detail the protection mechanisms that could block such vulnerabilities. The bug causing the problem was fixed in the Linux kernel as early as December 3 last year. The problem appears in kernels prior to version 5.9.13, but most distributions have […]

Redcore Linux 2102 Distribution Release

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The release of Redcore Linux 2102 is available, which attempts to combine the functionality of Gentoo with the convenience of ordinary users. The distribution provides a simple installer that allows you to quickly deploy a working system without requiring rebuilding components from source. Users are provided with a repository with ready-made binary packages, maintained using a continuous update cycle (rolling model). Package management uses its own sisyphus package manager. […]

A conference dedicated to the programming language Rust will be held in Moscow

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On December 3, Moscow will host a conference dedicated to the Rust programming language. The conference is intended both for those who already write certain products in this language, and for those who are looking at it. The event will discuss issues related to improving software products by adding or porting functionality to Rust, as well as consider the reasons why this […]

Chrome Release 95

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Google has unveiled the release of the Chrome 95 web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which serves as the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, the presence of a system for sending notifications in case of a crash, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), a system for automatically installing updates, and transmitting RLZ parameters when searching. With the new 4-week development cycle, the next release of Chrome […]

VirtualBox 6.1.28 release

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Oracle has published a corrective release of the VirtualBox 6.1.28 virtualization system, which contains 23 fixes. Major changes: Initial support for kernels 5.14 and 5.15, as well as the RHEL 8.5 distribution, has been added for guest systems and Linux hosts. For Linux hosts, detection of installation of kernel modules has been improved to eliminate unnecessary module rebuilds. The problem in the virtual machine manager [...] has been resolved.

Vizio sued for violating the GPL license

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The human rights organization Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) has filed a lawsuit against Vizio for failing to comply with the requirements of the GPL license when distributing firmware for smart TVs based on the SmartCast platform. The proceedings are noteworthy in that this is the first lawsuit in history filed not on behalf of the development participant who owns the property rights to the code, but by a consumer who does not […]

CentOS Leader Announces Resignation From Governing Board

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Karanbir Singh announced his resignation as chairman of the governing board of the CentOS project and the removal of his powers as project leader. Karanbir has been involved in the distribution since 2004 (the project was founded in 2002), served as leader after the departure of Gregory Kurtzer, the distribution's founder, and headed the governing board after CentOS transitioned to […]

The source code of the Russian game Samogonka has been published

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The source code of the game “Moonshine”, produced in 3 by K-D LAB, is published under the GPLv1999 license. The game "Moonshine" is an arcade race on small spherical planet-tracks with the possibility of a step-by-step passage mode. The build is only supported under Windows. The source code is not posted in full form, since it is not completely preserved by the developers. However, thanks to the efforts of the community, most of the shortcomings [...]

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