Author: Yuri Gagarin

Update Firefox 72.0.1 and 68.4.1 to fix a critical 0-day vulnerability

A selection of charts and results from various studies with brief annotations from the author of the Telegram channel Groks. Only one company among the largest debutants on the stock exchange this year is profitable. The stock prices of 10 out of 14 tech companies that went public in 2019 fell from the very first day of trading. And all companies, except for Zoom, are expected to incur losses. Moreover, some have expenses nearly […]

Automation of HotFix in Maven Projects Using TeamCity

This post will describe the setup of HotFix automation in Maven projects using TeamCity. Typically, a lot of manual actions are required to implement a HotFix: creating a branch for the release where you want to deploy the HotFix, fixing the bug in the release, changing the bugfix version in the release branch, and deploying the bugfix version tag. Points 1, 3, and 4 can be automated. Before we proceed to […]

Google Project Zero changes the approach to disclosing vulnerability data

According to reports from various internet sources, this year the Google Project Zero research team, which works in the field of information security, will change its own rules regarding the public disclosure of discovered vulnerabilities. According to the new rules, information about the found vulnerabilities will not be made public until the expiration of a 90-day period. Regardless of when developers resolve the issue, representatives […]

In systemd, the memory shortage handler oomd, developed by Facebook, is expected to be enabled.

Commenting on the Fedora developers' intention to include the earlyoom background process by default for early memory shortage responses, Lennart Poettering discussed plans to integrate another solution into systemd — oomd. The oomd handler is developed by Facebook, whose employees are also working on the kernel subsystem PSI (Pressure Stall Information), which allows memory shortage handling in user space […]

The web browsers qutebrowser 1.9.0 and Tor Browser 9.0.3 are available

The release of the web browser qutebrowser 1.9.0 has been announced, offering a minimal graphical interface that does not distract from content viewing, and a navigation system in the style of the Vim text editor, entirely based on keyboard shortcuts. The code is written in Python using PyQt5 and QtWebEngine. The source code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The use of Python does not affect performance, as rendering and content parsing […]

3CX Support responds: Upgrade to 3CX v16 from previous versions

Start the new year with a new PBX! However, there's not always time or desire to delve into the intricacies of transitioning between versions, gathering information from various sources. In this article, we have gathered all the information necessary for a simple and quick update to 3CX v16 Update 4 from older versions. There are many reasons to upgrade — we will cover all the features that have appeared in […]

CES 2020: Lenovo Legion BoostStation eGPU - box for graphics cards up to 300 mm long

Lenovo has introduced its external box for graphics cards. The new product, named Legion BoostStation eGPU, is showcased in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) at CES 2020. The device, made of aluminum, measures 365 × 172 × 212 mm. It can accommodate any modern dual-slot video adapter up to 300 mm in length. Moreover, one 2.5/3.5-inch storage drive can also be additionally installed in the box […]

Release of Tails 4.2 Distribution

The release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.2 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed for ensuring anonymous internet access, has been announced. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by a packet filter by default. To store user data persistently between sessions, […]

Firefox 72

Firefox 72 is now available. This is the first release for which the preparation time has been reduced from 6 to 4 weeks. The picture-in-picture mode is enabled on Linux and macOS platforms. In the OpenBSD builds, filesystem isolation is implemented using unveil(). Tracking protection now blocks requests to resources identified as collecting digital fingerprints (fingerprinting) by default. Sites can no longer request […]

Pyramid instead of a sphere: unconventional clustering of gold atoms

The world around us is a collective result of numerous phenomena and processes from a variety of sciences, making it practically impossible to highlight the single most important one. Despite some degree of competition, many aspects of different sciences share similar features. Take geometry, for example: everything we see has a particular shape, one of the most common in nature is […]

Windows 10 20H1 will receive an improved algorithm for the search indexer.

As is known, Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1) is close to reaching release candidate status. This means the codebase is frozen and bugs are being fixed. One of the steps is optimizing the load on the processor and hard disk during searches. Microsoft claims to have conducted extensive research over the past year to identify critical issues in the Windows search system. The culprit turned out to be […]

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