Senior officials from the administration of US President Donald Trump are preparing new measures aimed at limiting the global supply of chips to the Chinese company Huawei Technologies. This was reported by the Reuters news agency, citing an informed source. Under these changes, foreign companies using US equipment to produce chips will be required to obtain a US license, […]
Ordinary computer users and many companies around the world have united in the face of the threat posed by the spread of the coronavirus, and over the current month they have created the most productive distributed computing network in history. Thanks to the Folding@Home distributed computing project, anyone can now use the computing power of their computer, server or other system to research the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and develop drug […]
The landmark release of VPN WireGuard 1.0.0 was introduced, marking the delivery of WireGuard components into the main Linux 5.6 kernel and the stabilization of development. The code included in the Linux kernel has undergone an additional security audit performed by an independent firm specializing in such checks. The audit did not reveal any problems. Since WireGuard is now being developed as part of the main Linux kernel, distributions […]
The release of the Kubernetes 1.18 container orchestration platform has been published, which allows you to manage a cluster of isolated containers as a whole and provides mechanisms for deploying, maintaining and scaling applications running in containers. The project was originally created by Google, but then transferred to an independent site supervised by the Linux Foundation. The platform is positioned as a universal solution developed by the community, not tied to individual […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds presented the release of the Linux kernel 5.6. Among the most notable changes: integration of the WireGuard VPN interface, support for USB4, namespaces for time, the ability to create TCP congestion handlers using BPF, initial support for MultiPath TCP, ridding the kernel of the 2038 problem, the “bootconfig” mechanism, ZoneFS. The new version includes 13702 fixes from 1810 developers, […]
Google has announced the release of the second test version of Android 11: Developer Preview 2. The full release of Android 11 is expected in the third quarter of 2020. Android 11 (codenamed Android R during development) is the eleventh version of the Android operating system. Not yet released at this time. The first developer preview of "Android 11" was released on 19 […]
According to Verizon, the majority (87%) of security incidents occur in minutes, while 68% of companies take months to detect them. This is confirmed by research from the Ponemon Institute, which found that it takes most organizations an average of 206 days to detect an incident. Based on the experience of our investigations, hackers can control a company’s infrastructure for years without being detected. So, in one [...]
Hi all! My name is Sasha, I am CTO & Co-Founder at LoyaltyLab. Two years ago, my friends and I, like all poor students, went in the evening to buy beer at the nearest store near our house. We were very upset that the retailer, knowing that we would come for beer, did not offer a discount on chips or crackers, although this was so logical! We are not […]
Events taking place in the world due to coronavirus very clearly highlight problem areas in society, the economy, and technology. This is not about panic - it is inevitable and will be repeated with the next global problem, but about the consequences: hospitals are overcrowded, stores are empty, people are sitting at home... washing their hands, and constantly “stocking up” the Internet... but, as it turned out, this is not enough in hard days […]
Last week, Internet users once again discovered a reference to Grand Theft Auto VI, the next part of the Rockstar Games crime saga, in the portfolio of Mexican actor Jorge Consejo. In the upcoming action film, Consejo played a certain Mexican. Judging by the spelling (with the article The), we are talking about a rather significant character with a nickname, rather than about the nationality of the hero. WITH […]
The BSoD Gaming YouTube channel posted a video showing the launch of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on PC via the Yuzu emulator, which recreates the “insides” of the Nintendo Switch console. And although there is no talk of 48% emulation yet, you can at least launch the game and even play a little. The fighting game delivers 60–3 fps on a configuration with an Intel Core i8350-16K processor, XNUMX GB of RAM […]
As part of the restrictions introduced in Moscow due to the coronavirus pandemic, all Muscovites will be provided with QR codes to move around the city. As the chairman of Business Russia, Alexey Repik, told the RBC resource, in order to leave home for work, a Muscovite must have a QR code indicating the place of work. Those who work remotely will be able to go outside only in special […]
