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Google announced the integration of ten new features related to the use of AI models in Chrome. The first feature is the embedded chatbot Gemini, which can explain the content of the viewed page and answer questions related to the page without switching from the current tab. A button has been added to the upper right corner of the screen to invoke Gemini, which displays […]
The beta release of the Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" distribution has been presented, after which a complete freeze of the package base was implemented, and developers transitioned to final testing and bug fixing. The release is scheduled for October 9 and is classified as an interim release, with updates being generated over a period of 9 months. Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu […]
The release of the programming language Rust 1.90 has been published, originally based on the Mozilla project but now developed under the auspices of the independent non-profit organization Rust Foundation. The language focuses on safe memory management and provides tools for achieving high parallelism in task execution, all while avoiding the use of a garbage collector and runtime (runtime is limited to basic initialization and support of the standard library). Methods of operation […]
The release of the proprietary browser Vivaldi 7.6 has occurred, developed on the Chromium engine by former developers of the Opera Presto engine. Vivaldi builds are prepared for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Changes made to the Chromium codebase are distributed under an open license. The browser interface is written in JavaScript using the React library, Node.js platform, Browserify, and various ready-made NPM modules. The implementation of the interface is available […]
The release of the specialized distribution Tails 7.0 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on a Debian package base and designed for anonymous internet access, has been formed. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. All connections except traffic through the Tor network are blocked by a packet filter by default. To store user data in persistent mode between sessions, encryption is used. […]
The release of the GNUnet 0.25 framework, designed for building secure decentralized P2P networks, has been announced. Networks created with GNUnet have no single point of failure and can guarantee the privacy of user information, including protection against possible abuses by administrators who have access to network nodes. GNUnet supports the creation of P2P networks over TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, Bluetooth, and WLAN, and can operate […]
The W3C Consortium has announced the readiness of the specification that standardizes the intermediate code WebAssembly 3.0 and its associated API, enabling the creation of high-performance applications that can be transferred between browsers and hardware platforms. WebAssembly provides a browser-independent universal low-level intermediate code for executing applications compiled from various programming languages. The WebAssembly technology can be used to execute tasks in the browser that require high […]
After nine months of development, the release of the system manager systemd 258 has been presented. Key changes: discontinuation of support for cgroups v1 and System V-style system management components, new utilities systemd-factory-reset and systemd-pty-forward, the concept of home areas, support for booting from a disk image obtained via HTTP. Among the changes in the new release: a new utility systemd-factory-reset has been added to initiate or cancel settings reset in […]
After six months of development, the release of the GNOME 49 desktop environment has been published. For a quick evaluation of GNOME 49's capabilities, specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared under the GNOME OS initiative are offered. GNOME 49 is also included in the experimental builds of Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43. In the new release: the Showtime video player is enabled by default, which […]
The release of the StartWine-Launcher 411 application, developed for running Windows-based programs and games on Linux systems, has been published. The primary goal of developing StartWine-Launcher was to simplify the process of creating Wine prefixes by newcomers — sets of libraries and dependencies necessary for running Windows applications in Linux. The code for StartWine-Launcher is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The interface is based on […]
After six months of development, Oracle has released Java SE 25 (Java Platform, Standard Edition 24), with the open project OpenJDK serving as its reference implementation. Apart from removing some deprecated features, Java SE 25 maintains backward compatibility with previous releases of the Java platform—most previously written Java projects will run without changes on […]
The attack on package maintainers in the NPM repository has escalated. In addition to using malware to intercept payments and sensitive information, attackers have shifted to embedding a worm in compromised packages to automate the injection of malware into dependencies. The use of the worm was documented following the compromise of the NPM package @ctrl/tinycolor, which has 2.2 million weekly downloads and is used as a direct […]
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