Oracle has published a corrective release of the VirtualBox 6.1.8 virtualization system, which contains 10 fixes. Major changes in release 6.1.8: Guest Additions fix build issues on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, CentOS 8.2, and Oracle Linux 8.2 (when using the RHEL kernel); In the GUI, problems with mouse cursor positioning and element layout have been fixed […]
Nightly builds of Firefox, which will serve as the basis for the Firefox 78 release, have added a redesigned version of Reader Mode, the design of which has been brought into line with Photon design elements. The most noticeable change is the replacement of the compact sidebar with a top panel with larger buttons and text labels. The motivation for the change is the desire to make more visible [...]
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve's VR return to the Half-Life series. This is the story of an impossible fight against an alien race known as the Harvester, taking place between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. As Alyx Vance, you are humanity's only chance for survival. The Linux version exclusively uses the Vulkan renderer, so you need an appropriate video card and drivers that support this API. Valve recommends […]
Astra Linux Group has released an update for the Astra Linux Common Edition 2.12.29 operating system. The key changes were the Fly-CSP service for signing documents and verifying electronic signatures using CryptoPro CSP, as well as new applications and utilities that increased the usability of the OS: Fly-admin-ltsp - organization of terminal infrastructure for working with “thin clients” on based on the LTSP server; Fly-admin-repo - creating […]
Minio is a simple, fast, and AWS S3 compatible object store. Minio is designed to host unstructured data such as photos, videos, log files, backups. minio also supports distributed mode, which provides the ability to connect multiple disks to a single object storage server, including those located on different machines. The purpose of this post is to customize […]
According to Statista, by 2025 the size of the big data market will grow to 175 zettabytes against 41 in 2019 (chart). To get a job in this field, you need to understand how to work with big data stored in the cloud. Cloud4Y has prepared a list of 12 paid and free data engineering courses that will expand your knowledge in this area and […]
QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections) is a protocol over UDP that supports all the features of TCP, TLS and HTTP/2 and solves most of their problems. It is often called a new or "experimental" protocol, but it has long outlived the experimental stage: development has been going on for more than 7 years. During this time, the protocol did not have time to become a standard, but still became widespread. […]
The mobile application of the popular WhatsApp messenger has already received support for dark mode - one of the most popular features of recent times. However, the ability to dim the workspace in the web version of the service is still under development. Despite this, it allows you to activate dark mode in the web version of WhatsApp, which may indicate the imminent official launch of this feature. Online sources say […]
Valve is testing another feature on Steam. "Experiment 008: What to play?" offers you purchased games to complete using your habits and machine learning. Perhaps this will motivate someone to finally launch a project acquired years ago. Section “What to play?” should remind you what you haven't launched yet and decide what to play next. The function is especially […]
The system-wide dark mode introduced in Android 10 has influenced the design of many applications for this software platform. Most Google branded Android apps have their own dark mode, but developers continue to improve this feature, making it more popular. For example, the Chrome browser can synchronize dark mode for the toolbar and settings menu, but when using the search engine, users are forced to interact […]
Recently, Eurostat published the results of a survey of citizens of member countries of the union regarding their “digital” skills. The survey was conducted in 2019 before the whole coronavirus pandemic. But this does not diminish its value, because it is better to prepare for troubles in advance and, as European officials have found, the presence of children in the family has increased the digital skills of adults. So, in [...]
Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven have announced an expansion of the prison escape simulator Prison Architect called Island Bound. It will be released on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on June 11. Prison Architect was released in 2015. Over the past time, the indie game has been able to attract more than four million gamers. The project was initially developed by Introversion Software, but in 2019 […]
