In the previous part, a more or less functioning memory controller was implemented, more specifically, a wrapper over the IP Core from Quartus, serving as an adapter to TileLink. Today in the section "Porting RocketChip to an obscure Chinese board with Cyclone," you will see a working console. The process has dragged on a bit: I thought I would quickly run Linux and move on, but […]
Microsoft wants users to abandon passwords on Windows 10 PCs. Previously, the company had stopped forcing password changes for corporate PCs, and now they have released a test build of the "ten" where passwordless sign-in for Microsoft accounts can be enabled. As an alternative, Windows Hello facial recognition technology, fingerprint scanning, or PIN codes are offered. […]
The EdgeX 1.0 release has been presented, an open modular platform for facilitating interaction between IoT devices, applications, and services. The platform is not tied to the hardware of specific vendors or operating systems and is being developed by an independent working group under the auspices of the Linux Foundation. The components of the platform are distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. EdgeX allows the creation of gateways that connect existing IoT devices and collect data from various sensors. The gateway […]
The release of the AndroWish application ("Eppur si muove") has been prepared, allowing Tcl/Tk scripts to run on systems with the Android platform without modification or with minimal changes (for example, tkabber works). The project provides a native port of Tcl/Tk 8.6 for Android version 2.3.3+ for Arm and x86. It includes everything necessary for operation, including an X11 emulator, SDL 2.0, and FreeType for rendering […]
SQLite 3.29.0 has been released, a lightweight DBMS designed as a dynamic library. The SQLite code is released into the public domain, meaning it can be used freely and without restrictions for any purpose. The financial support for SQLite developers is provided by a specially created consortium that includes companies like Adobe, Oracle, Mozilla, Bentley, and Bloomberg. Key changes: New options have been added to sqlite3_db_config() […]
Kaspersky Lab warns about the emergence of a new version of the FinSpy malware, infecting mobile devices running Android and iOS operating systems. FinSpy is a multifunctional spyware capable of monitoring almost all user actions on a smartphone or tablet. The malware can collect various types of user data: contacts, emails, SMS messages, calendar entries, GPS location, photos, saved files, […]
An unknown group of hackers managed to crack the latest version of Denuvo's anti-piracy protection in Total War: Three Kingdoms. According to DSO Gaming, the hackers took a week to bypass it. Total War: Three Kingdoms received patch 1.1.0 about a week ago, which updated its protection system to version 6.0. After cracking it, the hackers proclaimed Denuvo's protection dead, but not […]
The release of the SoftEther VPN Server Developer Edition 5.01.9671 is now available, developed as a universal and high-performance alternative to OpenVPN and Microsoft VPN products. The code is published under the Apache 2.0 license. The project supports a wide range of VPN protocols, allowing the SoftEther VPN server to be used with native clients for Windows (L2TP, SSTP), macOS (L2TP), iOS (L2TP), and Android (L2TP), as well as […]
Developers of the open-source microkernel operating system Genode OS Framework have released the Sculpt 19.07 operating system. Within the Sculpt project, based on Genode technologies, a general-purpose operating system is being developed that can be used by everyday users for their daily tasks. The source code of the project is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A LiveUSB image of 24 MB is available for download. It supports operation on systems […]
I have a friend from Grenoble, the son of Russian emigrants — after school (collège+lycée), he moved to Bordeaux and got a job at the port, after a year he switched to a florist shop as an SMM manager, and another year later he finished a short course and became something like an executive assistant. After two years of work, at the age of 23, he left for a representative office of SAP in […]
Hello! Any good story must come to an end. Our story about how we devised a solution for quickly bypassing the Chinese Firewall is no exception. So I’m eager to share with you the final part on this topic. In the previous part, we discussed numerous test setups we created and the results they yielded. We left off at the point of what could be improved […]
The release of the automatic file synchronization system Syncthing 1.2.0 has been introduced, where synchronized data is not uploaded to cloud storage but directly replicated between user systems when they are online simultaneously, using the developing project protocol BEP (Block Exchange Protocol). The Syncthing code is written in Go and is distributed under the MPL open license. Ready builds have been prepared for Linux, Android, […]