After four months of beta testing, GitHub announced the stabilization of mobile applications for iOS and Android, allowing the use of smartphones or tablets for participation in development. The apps enable tracking project status, viewing code, resolving issues, reviewing pull requests, and merging changes. Source: opennet.ru
After six months of development, Oracle has released the Java SE 14 platform (Java Platform, Standard Edition 14), with the open source project OpenJDK serving as the reference implementation. Java SE 14 maintains backward compatibility with previous Java platform releases, ensuring that all previously written Java projects will run without changes on the new version. Installable builds are ready […]
As the saying goes, GNU/Linux is great because it allows you to set up a familiar interface reminiscent of Windows, or you can create something unusual and unconventional. For retro enthusiasts, there’s good news — making your computer resemble the good old warm vacuum tube computers from the early 90s has become even easier. Not so Common Desktop Environment, or abbreviated as […]
On March 16, Oracle announced the release of Solaris 11.4 SRU19. This release includes another series of bug fixes and introduces some improvements. Solaris is an operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for the SPARC platform and has been owned by Oracle since 2010 along with Sun's assets. Despite being a closed-source operating system, most […]
Extracting data from Android devices is becoming increasingly challenging — sometimes even more so than from an iPhone. Igor Mikhailov, a specialist at Group-IB's Computer Forensics Laboratory, explains what to do if you can't extract data from an Android smartphone using standard methods. A few years ago, my colleagues and I discussed the trends in security mechanisms development for Android devices and arrived at […]
Hello, Habr! We at Wrike are testing new formats for technical events and inviting everyone to watch the video of our first online meetup in English. We discussed DevOps infrastructure for web application testing, containers, Selenium, and its alternatives. The spread of coronavirus and the bans on large offline events across European countries have brought changes, so the planned offline meetup for testers in Wrike Prague […]
In the USA, the Service Experts service for remote hiring of plumbers, heating specialists, air conditioning technicians, and so on, is quite popular. In Russia, there are similar websites: it's very convenient to quickly find a craftsman. However, under current conditions, it’s better to hang that shelf yourself to avoid contact with anyone. One way or another, the company USAFact (a screening provider for […]
The beta testing of Fedora 32 has begun. This beta release marks the transition to the final stage of testing, where only critical bug fixes are allowed. The release is scheduled for the end of April. It covers Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, Fedora Silverblue, and Live builds, provided in the form of spins with desktop environments KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, and LXQt. The builds are prepared for x86_64 architectures, […]
The OpenSilver project has been introduced, aiming to create an open implementation of the Silverlight platform, whose development was discontinued by Microsoft in 2011, with support lasting until 2021. Similar to Adobe Flash, the development of Silverlight was halted in favor of adopting standard web technologies. At one time, an open implementation of Silverlight called Moonlight was already being developed based on Mono, but its […]
GitHub, owned by Microsoft, has announced the acquisition of npm, a popular package manager for JavaScript applications. The Node Package Manager platform hosts over 1.3 million packages, and the service itself supports more than 12 million developers. GitHub states that npm will remain free for developers, and GitHub plans to invest in enhancing npm in terms of performance, reliability, and scalability. Future plans include […]
In this article, I will show you how to set up an environment for machine learning in 30 minutes, create a neural network for image recognition, and then run the same network on a graphics processing unit (GPU). First, let's define what a neural network is. In our case, it is a mathematical model, as well as its software or hardware implementation, built on the principle of organization and […]
Hello, Habr users! Kubernetes is one of the key components of the modern cloud ecosystem. This technology provides reliability, scalability, and durability for container virtualization. John Arundel and Justin Domingus discuss the Kubernetes ecosystem and introduce proven solutions for everyday problems. Step by step, you will build your own cloud-oriented application and create the infrastructure to support it, set up the development environment, and configure the pipeline […]