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The curl project has discontinued its bug bounty program after developers encountered a flood of reports generated by artificial intelligence, which are difficult to assess. Last week, Daniel Stenberg, the project leader, posted on GitHub about ending the program by the end of January 2026. He had previously expressed frustration about AI-generated bug reports in early […]
Developers from Mozilla have announced the creation of an official repository with rpm packages that allow for the installation of nightly builds of Firefox on openSUSE, SUSE, Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, and various RHEL-based distributions. A similar repository with deb packages for Debian and Ubuntu has been available since 2023. Using the rpm repository enables the use of the standard package installation and update features of the distributions. When building packages in […]
Corrective updates for the GitLab collaborative development platform have been released — versions 18.8.2, 18.7.2, and 18.6.4 — which address a vulnerability (CVE-2026-0723) that allows bypassing two-factor authentication checks. To execute the attack, the attacker must know the victim's credential identifier. The vulnerability is caused by a lack of proper response value verification in the authentication services. Additionally, the new versions fix 4 other vulnerabilities, two of which […]
The developers of the LLVM project have approved guidelines for the application of AI tools in development. The need for regulation of AI usage arises from the increasing number of junk modifications being proposed for inclusion in the LLVM codebase. Junk modifications refer to changes generated by AI tools and submitted as-is, without understanding their essence, checking, or adhering to the position of 'the maintainer will sort it out.' Such activity creates additional burdens on maintainers and forces them to […]
System76, the company behind the Linux distribution Pop!_OS, has released version 1.0.3 of the COSMIC desktop environment and announced the availability of the previously released update 1.0.2. Packages for COSMIC 1.0.3 are available in Pop!_OS 24.04 and are expected soon in Fedora, NixOS, Arch Linux, openSUSE, Serpent OS, Redox, and CachyOS. COSMIC is being developed as a universal project, not tied to […]
Oracle has formed a new branch of the MySQL database management system, version 9.6.0. Builds of MySQL Community Server 9.6.0 are prepared for all major distributions of Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows. In accordance with the release model introduced in 2023, MySQL 9.6 is classified as an 'Innovation' branch. Innovation branches are recommended for those who want earlier access to new functionality, with releases published every 3 months […]
Raymond Chen from Microsoft explained why holding down the Shift key during a reboot helped Windows 95 start faster than a full reboot of the computer. When receiving the EW_RESTARTWINDOWS command with the Shift key pressed, the 16-bit ExitWindows function would terminate the 16-bit Windows kernel, followed by the termination of the 32-bit virtual memory manager, and then the processor […]
The release of the web browser Pale Moon 34.0.0 has been published, diverging from the Firefox codebase to ensure higher performance, maintain a classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide enhanced customization options. Builds of Pale Moon are created for Windows and Linux (x86_64). The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, avoiding a transition to […]
A vulnerability has been discovered in the telnetd server from the GNU InetUtils package, allowing connections as any user, including the root user, without password verification. A CVE identifier has not yet been assigned. The vulnerability has been present since InetUtils version 1.9.3 (2015) and remains unpatched in the current release 2.7.0. A fix is available in the form of patches (1, 2). The issue arises because the password verification process […]
The release of the Electron 40.0.0 platform has been announced, providing a standalone framework for developing cross-platform user applications built on components from Chromium, V8, and Node.js. Changes in this new release include: Updates to the browser engine Chromium version 144, Node.js platform 24.11.1, and JavaScript engine V8 version 14.4 (the previous branch used Chromium 142, Node.js 22.20.0, and V8 14.2). Support for the termination flag has been added […]
The release of the lightweight MX Linux 25.1 distribution has been published, created through the collaborative efforts of communities formed around the antiX and MEPIS projects. The release is based on a Debian package base with enhancements from the antiX project and packages from its own repository. Users can choose between sysVinit and systemd initialization systems. Custom tools for system configuration and deployment are provided. For […]
The free PaaS platform Cozystack 0.40, built on Kubernetes, is now available. The project aims to provide a ready-made platform for hosting providers and a framework for building private and public clouds. The platform is installed directly on servers and encompasses all aspects of preparing infrastructure to deliver managed services. Cozystack enables the launch and provision of Kubernetes clusters, databases, and virtual machines. The platform code […]
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