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Igor Pavlov released the new version of the archiver 7-Zip 26.00. The project develops its own archive format 7z, based on LZMA and LZMA2 compression algorithms. Additionally, it supports packing and unpacking of archives in formats like XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, and WIM, as well as unpacking over 30 archive formats, packages, virtual machine images, and file systems (ISO, NTFS, EXT*, UDF, UEFI, […
Google has released the first beta version of the open mobile platform Android 17. To evaluate the platform's new capabilities, a beta testing program has been proposed. Firmware builds are prepared for Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel 9/9a/9 Pro/9 Pro XL/9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10/10 Pro/10 Pro XL/10 Pro Fold, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet. The release of Android 17 […]
Just a few days have passed since Microsoft released the update KB5077181 (build 26200.7840), and users have already started reporting critical issues after its installation. The most serious case documented by Microsoft Learn involves a seemingly endless reboot cycle—requiring over 15 reboots for the device to display a non-functional login screen. There are also reports of internet connection losses and […]
Before the release of Linux kernel 7.0, some interesting changes were planned for the Linux MultiMediaCard 'MMC' subsystem, such as NXP IW61x device identifiers for Wi-Fi chips via SDIO, support for production dates beyond 2025, optimization of secure erase/TRIM for certain Kingston eMMC cards, code cleanup of DW_MMC, support for Mediatek MT8189 in mtk-sd, and various driver updates for SHDCI. However, Linus Torvalds, upon reviewing […]
Alexander Aring from Red Hat, who oversees the IEEE 802.15.4, DLM, and flock/fcntl subsystems in the Linux kernel, introduced a specialized file system DLMPFS to the kernel developers mailing list. The proposed FS provides a layer for distributed file locking, implemented based on DLM (Distributed Lock Manager) and ramfs. The implementation of DLMPFS is available in the form of a set of patches for the Linux kernel […]
Don't fear a potential AI bubble; we're not going to go bust, said Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch to the company's investors. In recent months, Siemens Energy has become a star on the German stock market, with its shares growing faster than others amid a 30-34% increase in orders for gas turbines. The main customers of these turbines are data center owners who are competing […]
An incident occurred in the community of developers of the popular Python library for data visualization, Matplotlib, which has around 130 million monthly downloads. Developer and project curator Scott Shambaugh rejected a code change request from an AI agent named MJ Rathbun. Following this, the bot publicly began attacking the developer, attempting to tarnish his reputation. The repository's policy prohibits accepting code from […]
The first version of FRANK OS has been released — an operating system for computers based on the RP2350 microcontroller, built on FreeRTOS. The operating system supports a desktop environment with a windowed user interface and provides partial compatibility with the POSIX interface. The source code is written in C and is available under the GPL-3.0+ license. Supported hardware includes PS/2 keyboards and mice, memory cards […]
The developers of the IPFire project, which develops a distribution for creating routers and firewalls, have introduced a series of IPFire DBL (Domain Block List) blocking lists to filter requests to unwanted domain names. The project is presented as a community-supported solution for managing content blocked in their own networks or local systems. Unlike most existing commercial and free DBLs that provide monolithic […]
Google has released a significant update to Gemini 3 Deep Think — a platform based on reasoning artificial intelligence, intended to address current challenges in the fields of science and engineering. The development of the new version of Google Gemini 3 Deep Think was conducted in collaboration with scientists — the service is aimed at solving complex research tasks that may not have clear constraints or a single […]
A stable release of the interface for simplifying network parameter configuration has been published — NetworkManager 1.56.0. Plugins for VPN support (Libreswan, OpenConnect, Openswan, SSTP, and others) are being developed within their own development cycles. Major innovations in NetworkManager 1.56: The nmcli utility has added the ability to view and manage peers for the WireGuard VPN. nmcli connection modify wg0 wireguard.peers "8W…G1o= preshared-key=16…LQA= allowed-ips=0.0.0.0/0 persistent-keepalive=10" nmcli connection […]
Scott Shambaugh, the maintainer of the open visualization library matplotlib, reported personal attacks orchestrated by the AI bot MJ Rathbun after refusing to accept an AI-prepared change. Scott interpreted the bot's posting of articles on AI discrimination as an unfounded personalized smear aimed at damaging the maintainer's reputation and coercing a change in decision. This bot's reaction is cited as an example […]
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