The release of the Firefox 68 web browser has been announced, along with the mobile version of Firefox 68 for the Android platform. This release falls under the extended support release (ESR) category, with updates issued over the course of a year. Additionally, an update for the previous long-term support branch 60.8.0 has been formed. The Firefox 69 branch will soon enter beta testing, with its release scheduled for […]
Firefox 68 is Now Available. Key Changes: The address bar code has been completely rewritten — HTML and JavaScript are used instead of XUL. The external differences between the old (Awesome Bar) and new (Quantum Bar) bars are only that items spilling out of the address bar now fade instead of clipping (…), and to delete history entries, you now need […]
The fourth release of the stable branch/11 of the FreeBSD operating system has been announced — 11.3-RELEASE. Binary builds are available for the following architectures: amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, armv6, and aarch64. Some of the new features in the base system include: LLVM components (clang, lld, lldb, and associated runtime libraries) have been updated to version 8.0.0. The tools for working with ELF files have been updated to version r3614. OpenSSL has been updated […]
On Tuesday, July 9, IBM announced the completion of the acquisition of Red Hat for $34 billion. The merger of IBM and Red Hat was announced in late October 2018 and has now been finalized. The press release regarding the deal's closure states that IBM and Red Hat will offer a 'hybrid multicloud platform of the next […]
Good day, dear friends! Today I would like to tell you, and most importantly, show you — how the procedure for implant installation goes — with all the tools and everything else. While I have already talked about the process of tooth extraction, particularly wisdom tooth extraction, it’s now time to discuss something more serious. ATTENTION!-Uwaga!-Pažnju!-Attention!-Achtung!-Attenzione!-ATTENTION!-Uwaga!-Pažnju! Below you will find photos taken during […]
A week has passed since Ivan first contemplated DevOps metrics and realized that they should help manage product delivery time (Time-To-Market). Even on weekends, he thought about the metrics: 'So what if I measure the time? What will it give me?' Indeed, what does knowing the time give? Suppose delivery takes 5 days. And […]
Today, in IT infrastructure, with the widespread use of virtualization, storage systems serve as the core, housing all virtual machines. A failure of this node can completely halt the operations of a data center. Although a significant portion of server hardware has fault tolerance in one form or another 'by default', due to the specific role of storage systems within the data center, increased demands are placed on their 'survivability'. […]
The AMD Ryzen 3000 series processors hit the market two days ago, and initial tests have shown that they perform quite well. However, it appears they have some issues. Reports indicate that the ‘three-thousand’ series has a flaw that causes boot failures in the latest Linux distributions from 2019. The exact cause has not yet been disclosed, but it is presumably linked to an instruction […]
It has been announced that all formalities have been settled and the sale of Red Hat's business to IBM is officially completed. The deal was approved by the antitrust authorities in the countries where the companies are registered, as well as by shareholders and boards of directors. The transaction amounted to approximately $34 billion, at a price of $190 per share (currently, Red Hat's share price is $187, […]
Siemens has released version 0.11 of the open-source hypervisor Jailhouse. The hypervisor supports operation on x86_64 systems with VMX+EPT or SVM+NPT (AMD-V) extensions, as well as on ARMv7 and ARMv8/ARM64 processors with virtualization extensions. A separate image generator for the Jailhouse hypervisor is being developed, which is based on Debian packages for supported devices. The project’s code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The hypervisor is implemented in […]
Memory is an astonishing capacity of the brain, and despite being studied for quite some time, there are many misconceptions — or at least, not entirely accurate representations — about it. We will discuss some of the most popular misconceptions, why it’s not so easy to forget things, what drives us to ‘steal’ others' memories, and how fabricated recollections influence our […]
Good memory is an undeniable advantage for students and a skill that will undoubtedly be useful in life, regardless of your subjects. Today, we decided to start a series of materials on how to enhance memory — beginning with a brief overview: what types of memory exist and which memorization methods work reliably. Photo by jesse orrico — […]