Author: Yuri Gagarin

Windows 10X will be able to run Win32 applications with certain limitations

The Windows 10X operating system, when released, will support both modern universal and web applications, as well as traditional Win32 applications. Microsoft claims they will run in a container, which will protect the system from viruses and crashes. It is noted that almost all traditional programs, including system utilities, Photoshop, and even […] will work inside the Win32 container.

Install in 90 seconds: updates in Windows 10X will not distract users

Microsoft is still trying to unify the experience of its operating system across different form factors and devices. Windows 10X is the company's latest attempt to achieve this. This is indicated by a hybrid interface that combines a nearly traditional 'Start' menu (albeit without tiles), a layout typical of Android, and other aspects. One of the innovations of the upcoming 'ten' in […]

‘Never lose hope’: Persona 5 can still come out on Switch

Atlus public relations specialist Ari Advincula commented on the possibility of the Japanese role-playing game Persona 5 being released on Nintendo Switch, in response to a request from IGN. "You want what you want, but if you don't notify us, we can never fulfill [those wishes]. It's always important to voice your opinion," assured Advincula. According to her, […]

Vulnerability in the VMM hypervisor developed by the OpenBSD project

A vulnerability has been identified in the VMM hypervisor supplied in OpenBSD, allowing manipulation on the guest system side to achieve overwriting of the contents of the host environment's kernel memory areas. This issue arises because some physical addresses of the guest system (GPA, Guest Physical Address) are reflected in the kernel's virtual address space (KVA), but write protection is not applied to KVA areas marked only with […]

Release of the console library ncurses 6.2

After two years of development, the release of the ncurses 6.2 library has taken place, intended for creating cross-platform interactive console user interfaces and supporting the emulation of the curses programming interface from System V Release 4.0 (SVr4). The release of ncurses 6.2 is source-compatible with the ncurses 5.x and 6.0 branches but expands the ABI. Notable new features include the implementation of the O_EDGE_INSERT_STAY and O_INPUT_FIELD extensions, allowing […]

The experimental release of Wine 5.2 has taken place

The release of the Wine 5.2 test version has occurred. Key changes include: Improved compatibility with Windows character encoding tables. The ability to use a null driver as the primary has been implemented. Enhanced UTF-8 support in resource and message compilers. The use of ucrtbase as the runtime for C has been fixed. Twenty-two bug reports have been closed regarding the operation of the following applications: OllyDbg 2.x; Lotus Approach; Free PDF to Word […]

Free hosting for Telegram bots on Google Cloud Platform

Why GCP? When writing Telegram bots, I faced the question of how to quickly and inexpensively ensure that the bot operates continuously. Options with Heroku and Pythonanywhere have too small limits if you have more than one bot. Therefore, I decided to use GCP. The platform provides $300 free for a year + huge discounts when using these funds (up to 94%). How to host […]

Think carefully before using Docker-in-Docker for CI or testing environments.

Docker-in-Docker is a virtualized environment where the Docker daemon runs inside its own container for building container images. The primary goal of creating Docker-in-Docker was to aid in the development of Docker itself. Many people use it to run Jenkins CI. At first, this seems normal, but then issues arise that can be avoided by installing Docker in the Jenkins CI container. This article explains how to […]

For OpenBSD. A bit of excitement

In 2019, I rediscovered OpenBSD. As a novice Unix user at the turn of the millennium, I tried everything that came my way. Back then, Theo, representing OpenBSD, explained to me that I should go play with other toys. Now, almost 20 years later, in 2019, it resurfaced — the safest OS and all that. So, I thought, let's see — surely […]

The Wonderful 101 may get a sequel

Executive Vice President of Platinum Games, Atsushi Inaba, and Senior Vice President, Hideki Kamiya, spoke about a potential sequel to The Wonderful 101 in an interview with Nintendo Everything. According to Inaba, the fate of the sequel will depend on the success of the remaster: "If fans support the game and The Wonderful 101 does well, then the release of another installment in the series […]

Broadcom has introduced the world's first chip supporting Wi-Fi 6E

Broadcom has unveiled the world's first chip for mobile devices that supports the Wi-Fi 6E standard. In addition to significantly increased data transfer speeds, the new wireless module boasts a 5-fold reduction in power consumption compared to its predecessor. The new Broadcom chip, designated BCM4389, also supports Bluetooth 5, and its primary purpose is smartphones. Besides lower energy consumption, the company promises […]

Release of the NetBSD 9.0 operating system

A significant release of the NetBSD 9.0 operating system is available, featuring a new batch of capabilities. Installation images sized 470 MB are prepared for download. The NetBSD 9.0 release is officially available in builds for 57 system architectures and 15 different CPU families. Eight primarily supported ports, which form the core of NetBSD's development strategy, are highlighted: amd64, i386, evbarm, evbmips, evbppc, hpcarm, […]

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