Author: Yuri Gagarin

The code for Telegram Open Network and related P2P and blockchain technologies has been published.

A website has been launched for testing and the source codes of the TON blockchain platform (Telegram Open Network), which has been developed by Telegram Systems LLP since 2017, have been made public. TON provides a set of technologies that enable the functioning of a distributed network for various services based on blockchain and smart contracts. During the ICO, the project attracted over $1.7 billion in investments. The source codes include 1,610 files containing […]

Release of Mumble 1.3 voice communication platform

After nearly ten years since the last significant release, the Mumble 1.3 platform for creating voice chats, which provide low latency and high-quality voice transmission, has been released. A key application area of Mumble is facilitating communication among players during computer game sessions. The project code is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. Builds are prepared for Linux, […]

Chrome includes support for blocking third-party Cookies in incognito mode

In experimental builds of Chrome Canary, the incognito mode now allows blocking all Cookies set by third-party sites, including ad networks and web analytics systems. This mode can be enabled via the flag 'chrome://flags/#improved-cookie-controls' and also activates an extended interface for controlling Cookie setting on sites. After activation, a new icon appears in the address bar, which when clicked shows […]

Vivaldi Android beta

The developers of the Vivaldi browser, based on the Blink engine and highly customizable (inspired by the Presto era of Opera), have released the beta version of the mobile version of their creation. Among the features they highlight are: the ability to create notes; support for synchronizing favorites, passwords, and notes between devices; taking screenshots of both the visible area of a page and the whole page […]

Google has released an open-source library for differential privacy

Google has released a differential privacy library under an open license on its GitHub page. The code is distributed under the Apache License 2.0. Developers will be able to use this library to build a data collection system without gathering information that could identify individuals. "Whether you are a city planning specialist, a small business owner, or a developer […]

Cisco 200-125 CCNA v3.0 Training. Day 35. Dynamic trunking protocol DTP.

Today we will examine the dynamic trunking protocols DTP and VTP – VLAN trunking protocols. As I mentioned in the last lesson, we will follow the exam topics for ICND2 in the order they are presented on the Cisco website. Last time we covered item 1.1, and today we will look at 1.2 – configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting connections of network switches: adding […]

General Principles of QEMU-KVM

My current understanding: 1) KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) – a hypervisor (VMM – Virtual Machine Manager) operating as a module on Linux OS. The hypervisor is needed to run software in a non-existent (virtual) environment while concealing the real physical hardware from that software. The hypervisor acts as a 'bridge' […]

Slurm DevOps. Day two. IaC, infrastructure testing, and "Slurm inspires!"

Outside, it’s a classic positive autumn day in St. Petersburg, warm in the Selectel conference room with coffee, Coca-Cola, and almost summer vibes. In the outside world, it’s September 5, 2019, and we are on the second day of the DevOps Slurm. On the first day of the intensive course, we covered the simplest topics: Git, CI/CD. On the second day, we prepared Infrastructure as Code and infrastructure testing for the participants – […]

Detailed Overview of AWS Lambda

The translation of the article is prepared specifically for students of the 'Cloud Services' course. Interested in developing in this direction? Watch the masterclass by Yegor Zuev (TeamLead at InBit) 'AWS EC2 Service' and join the upcoming course group: starting September 26. More and more people are transitioning to AWS Lambda for scalability, performance, cost-effectiveness, and the ability to handle millions and even trillions of requests per month. […]

The Manjaro distribution will be developed by a commercial company.

The founders of the Manjaro project announced the creation of the commercial company Manjaro GmbH & Co, which will now oversee the development of the distribution and own the trademark. At the same time, the distribution will remain community-oriented and will evolve with its participation — the project will continue to exist in its current form, retaining all its properties and processes as they were before the company was established. The company will provide [...],

Release of the interactive firewall TinyWall 2.0

The release of the interactive firewall TinyWall 2.0 has been formed. The project is a small bash script that reads information from logs about packets that did not match the accumulated rules and presents a request to the user for confirmation or blocking of the identified network activity. The user's choice is saved and subsequently used for similar traffic associated with the IP ('one connection => one question => [...])

Manjaro acquires a legal entity

The desktop distribution Manjaro Linux will now be curated by Manjaro GmbH & Co. KG, established with the support of Blue Systems (one of the main sponsors of KDE). As a result, the following key points have been announced: full-time developers and maintainers will be hired; the company will manage donations, cover expenses for equipment, events, and specialists; the Manjaro community […]

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