Author: Yuri Gagarin

The launch of the TON blockchain platform took place without the participation of Pavel Durov and Telegram

The Free TON Community (consisting of developers and potential users of the TON platform) has launched the Free TON blockchain platform. This was reported by RBC citing a statement from the community, which said that Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who was banned by U.S. authorities from issuing cryptocurrency, did not participate in the launch of the platform. According to available information, instead of Gram tokens, project participants will receive tokens […]

Oracle Linux 8.2 distribution is now available

Oracle has released the industrial distribution of Oracle Linux 8.2, based on the package base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2. An installation ISO image, sized 6.6 GB, is available for unlimited download after free registration, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures. Oracle Linux offers unlimited and free access to the yum repository with binary package updates with fixes […]

Release of UbuntuDDE 20.04 distribution with Deepin desktop

The release of UbuntuDDE 20.04, based on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS codebase and shipped with the DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment), has been published. The project is currently an unofficial edition of Ubuntu, but the developers are negotiating with Canonical about including UbuntuDDE in the official Ubuntu distributions. The ISO image size is 2.2 GB. UbuntuDDE offers the Deepin 5.0 desktop release and […]

Microsoft offers a reward of up to $100,000 for identifying vulnerabilities in the Linux platform Azure Sphere

Microsoft has announced its readiness to pay a reward of up to one hundred thousand dollars for identifying a vulnerability in the Azure Sphere IoT platform, built on the Linux kernel and using sandbox isolation for core services and applications. The reward is promised for demonstrating vulnerabilities in the Pluton subsystem (root of trust implemented in the chip) or Secure World (sandbox). The reward is part of a three-month research program, […]

Buttplug: an open-source software suite for teledildonics

Buttplug — an open standard and software suite for controlling intimate devices such as phalluses, sex machines, electrostimulators, and more. Features: A set of libraries for Rust, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and other popular programming languages; Support for devices like Kiiroo, Lovense, Erostek, and others. A complete list is here; Supports control via Bluetooth, USB, HID, Serial interfaces, and also voice control; The source code is open […]

The story of the first Internet paralysis: the curse of the "busy" signal.

Many of the first Internet providers, particularly AOL, were not ready to offer unlimited access in the mid-90s. This situation persisted until an unexpected rule breaker emerged: AT&T. Recently, discussions around the Internet have focused on its 'bottlenecks'. This is quite logical, considering that everyone is now at home trying to connect to Zoom using a 12-year-old cable modem. […]

Development environment and discussion system added in GitHub

At the GitHub Satellite conference, which is being held virtually this time, several new services were introduced: Codespaces — a full-fledged integrated development environment that allows direct participation in code creation through GitHub. The environment is based on the open-source code editor Visual Studio Code (VSCode), which runs in the browser. In addition to writing code, it offers features such as building, testing, debugging, […]

Release of Clonezilla Live 2.6.6 distribution

The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 2.6.6 is now available, designed for fast disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to those of the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the ISO image of the distribution is 277 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilizes code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Booting is possible from […]

Integration of Aviasales API with Amazon Kinesis and serverless simplicity

Hello, Habr! Do you enjoy flying on planes? I love it, but during self-isolation, I've also started analyzing data on airfares from a well-known resource — Aviasales. Today we will explore Amazon Kinesis, build a streaming system with real-time analytics, set up the NoSQL database Amazon DynamoDB as the main data warehouse, and configure alerts via SMS for interesting […]

DNS Issues in Kubernetes. Public Postmortem

Note: This is a translation of a public postmortem from the engineering blog of Preply. It describes an issue with conntrack in a Kubernetes cluster that led to partial downtime of certain production services. This article may be useful for those who want to learn a bit more about postmortems or prevent potential DNS issues in the future. This is not DNS It cannot be […]

Generals on cards: Creative Assembly announced the CCG Total War: Elysium

Creative Assembly and SEGA have announced Total War: Elysium—a collectible card game that will be distributed under a freemium model. In the project, players will form decks from various historical figures and troops, with all events taking place in the fictional city of Elysium. According to the PCGamesN resource citing the official press release, the project resembles other representatives of the genre, and […]

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