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Release of the LLVM 13.0 compiler suite

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After six months of development, the release of the LLVM 13.0 project was presented - a GCC-compatible toolkit (compilers, optimizers and code generators) that compiles programs into intermediate bitcode of RISC-like virtual instructions (a low-level virtual machine with a multi-level optimization system). The generated pseudocode can be converted using a JIT compiler into machine instructions directly at the time of program execution. Improvements in Clang 13.0: Support for guaranteed […]

Incorrect BGP manipulation led to 6-hour unavailability of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

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Facebook faced the biggest outage in its history, as a result of which all of the company's services, including facebook.com, instagram.com and WhatsApp, were unavailable for 6 hours - from 18:39 (MSK) on Monday to 0:28 (MSK) on Tuesday. The source of the failure was a change in BGP settings on the backbone routers that manage traffic between data centers, which led to a cascading […]

Release of the Python 3.10 programming language

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After a year of development, the significant release of the Python 3.10 programming language is presented. The new branch will be supported for one and a half years, after which another three and a half years will be developed for it to fix vulnerabilities. At the same time, alpha testing of the Python 3.11 branch began (in accordance with the new development schedule, work on the new branch begins five months before the release […]

Release of the mobile platform Android 12

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Google has published the release of the open mobile platform Android 12. The source texts associated with the new release are posted in the project’s Git repository (branch android-12.0.0_r1). Firmware updates are prepared for Pixel series devices, as well as for smartphones manufactured by Samsung Galaxy, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Tecno, Vivo and Xiaomi. Additionally, universal GSI (Generic System Images) assemblies have been created, suitable for different […]

Release of OnlyOffice Desktop 6.4 office suite

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OnlyOffice Desktop 6.4 is available, designed for working with text documents, spreadsheets and presentations. The editors are designed as desktop applications, which are written in JavaScript using web technologies, but combine in one set client and server components designed for self-sufficient use on the user’s local system, without recourse to an external service. The project code is distributed […]

Update DBMS Redis 6.2.6, 6.0.16 and 5.0.14 with the elimination of 8 vulnerabilities

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Corrective releases of the Redis DBMS 6.2.6, 6.0.16 and 5.0.14 have been published, in which 8 vulnerabilities have been fixed. All users are recommended to urgently update Redis to new versions. Four vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-41099, CVE-2021-32687, CVE-2021-32628, CVE-2021-32627) can lead to buffer overflows when processing specially crafted commands and network requests, but exploitation requires certain configuration settings ( proto-max-bulk-len, set-max-intset-entries, hash-max-ziplist-*, proto-max-bulk-len, client-query-buffer-limit) […]

Eigen project repository unavailable

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The Eigen project encountered technical problems with the main repository. A few days ago, the source code of the project posted on the GitLab website was unavailable. When accessing the page, the error “No repository” is displayed. The package releases posted on the page also turned out to be unavailable. Participants in the discussion note that the long-term unavailability of eigen has already disrupted the assembly and continuous testing of many projects, including […]

Russia plans to create its own Open Source Foundation

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At the Russian Open Source Summit conference held in Moscow, dedicated to the use of open source software in Russia in the context of government policy to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers, plans were announced to create a non-profit organization, the Russian Open Source Foundation. Key tasks that the Russian Open Source Foundation will deal with: Coordinate the activities of developer communities, educational and scientific organizations. Participate […]

NVIDIA proprietary driver release 470.74

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NVIDIA has introduced a new release of the proprietary NVIDIA driver 470.74. The driver is available for Linux (ARM, x86_64), FreeBSD (x86_64) and Solaris (x86_64). Key New Features: Fixed an issue where applications running on the GPU could crash after resuming from sleep mode. Fixed a regression resulting in very high memory consumption when running games using DirectX 12 and running […]

Release of Nitrux 1.6.1 distribution with NX Desktop

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The release of the Nitrux 1.6.1 distribution has been published, built on the Debian package base, KDE technologies and the OpenRC initialization system. The distribution develops its own desktop, NX Desktop, which is an add-on to the KDE Plasma user environment. To install additional applications, a system of self-contained AppImages packages is being promoted. The boot image sizes are 3.1 GB and 1.5 GB. The project's developments are distributed under free […]

Lighttpd http server release 1.4.60

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The lightweight http server lighttpd 1.4.60 has been released. The new version introduces 437 changes, mainly related to bug fixes and optimizations. Main innovations: Added support for the Range header (RFC-7233) for all non-streaming responses (previously Range was supported only when sending static files). The implementation of the HTTP/2 protocol has been optimized, reducing memory consumption and speeding up the processing of intensively sent initial […]

Release of the helloSystem 0.6 distribution that uses FreeBSD and resembles macOS

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Simon Peter, the creator of the AppImage self-contained package format, has released the helloSystem 0.6 distribution, based on FreeBSD 12.2 and positioned as a system for ordinary users that macOS lovers who are dissatisfied with Apple's policies can switch to. The system is devoid of the complications inherent in modern Linux distributions, is under complete user control and allows former macOS users to feel comfortable. To get acquainted […]

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