What do Wolverine, Deadpool, and jellyfish have in common? They all possess the amazing ability of regeneration. Of course, in comics and films, this skill—common among a very limited number of actual living organisms—is slightly (and sometimes greatly) exaggerated, yet it remains entirely real. And what is real can be explained, which is what scientists decided to tackle in their new research […]
Almost every article or tool for optimizing website speed contains the modest point "use a CDN." In general, a CDN is a content delivery network. At our company, "Method Lab," we often encounter questions from clients about this topic, as some independently enable a CDN. The goal of this article is to clarify what a CDN can offer in terms of […]
Blockchain is an innovative technology that promises to improve many areas of human life. It transfers real processes and products into the digital space, ensures the speed and reliability of financial transactions, reduces their cost, and allows the creation of modern DAPP applications using smart contracts on decentralized networks. Given the numerous advantages and diverse applications of blockchain, it may seem strange that this […]
As is well known, some time ago at the annual Surface event, Microsoft announced the new Windows 10X. This system is optimized for use on dual-screen and foldable smartphones. It is noteworthy that previously users had already launched a petition to make the Start menu in Windows 10 the same as in Windows 10X. Now the first leaks regarding […] have emerged.
The release of the Mir 1.5 display server is now available, which is still being developed by Canonical despite the abandonment of Unity shell development and the Ubuntu edition for smartphones. Mir remains in demand for Canonical's projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). Mir can be used as a compositor for Wayland, allowing environments to run […].
Qt Group announced a change in the licensing of the Qt Wayland Compositor, Qt Application Manager, and Qt PDF components, which will be offered under the GPLv3 license starting with the Qt 5.14 release instead of LGPLv3. In other words, linking with these components will now require under GPLv3-compatible licenses to make the source code of programs available or purchasing a commercial license (previously, use […].
The Domain Name System (DNS) is akin to a phone book, translating user-friendly names like "ussc.ru" into IP addresses. As DNS activity is present in nearly all communication sessions, regardless of protocol, DNS logging serves as a valuable data source for cybersecurity specialists, allowing them to detect anomalies or gather additional information about the research being conducted […]
Preface For personal needs at home, I set up VSphere, where I run a virtual router and an Ubuntu server as a media server along with a bunch of other goodies, and this server needs to be accessible from the Internet. However, the problem is that my provider charges for static IPs, which can always be put to better use. So I used the ddclient combination + […]
The release of the cryptographic library Botan 2.12.0 is now available, used in the NeoPG project, a fork of GnuPG 2. The library provides a large collection of ready-made primitives used in the TLS protocol, X.509 certificates, AEAD ciphers, TPM modules, PKCS#11, password hashing, and post-quantum cryptography (hash-based signatures and key agreement based on McEliece and NewHope). The library is written in C++11 and is provided under […].
A corrective update for Firefox 69.0.3 has been released, which addresses the issue with the file download dialog display when clicking on email in Yahoo webmail. Additionally, it resolves file download issues when launching the browser in Windows 10 with parental control enabled. The ongoing development of the WebRender compositing system, written in Rust and offloading […], can also be noted.
It also begins to publish weekly reports on the work done. Here’s what has been accomplished over the past two weeks: Plasma Nano Shell — the primary shell option for mobile and embedded devices; new APIs PagePool and PagePoolAction have been added to Kirigami for desktop and mobile applications; the MauiKit framework has been integrated into KDE Frameworks 5 and received new features; Nota — […]
On October 9, the official project website announced the release of NixOS 19.09, codenamed Loris. NixOS is a distribution with a unique approach to package management and system configuration. The distribution is built on a "functionally pure" package manager Nix and its own configuration system using a functional DSL (Nix expression language), allowing a declarative description of the desired system state. […]