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The race to implement AI-based features in search engines is gaining momentum, and Microsoft has launched a new tool for its Bing search engine. This week, the software giant rolled out a feature that generates a summary in response to user queries using AI. At this stage, the beta version of the feature is available to a limited number of […]
The Chinese company Radxa has already presented interesting developments in the field of single-board computers. For example, they introduced the Radxa Rock line based on the Rockchip processor, which stands out from the Raspberry Pi5 by having an M.2 slot that supports SSD installation. The new Radxa X4 is a single-board computer with the same form factor as the Raspberry Pi5, featuring the same arrangement of ports, and likely […]
The developers of the cryptographic library OpenSSL have announced a complete transformation of the project's structure and management methods. To support the project's mission, two equal divisions have been created: the non-profit organization OpenSSL Foundation and the commercial company OpenSSL Corporation, focused on the interests of the non-profit community and commercial enterprises. Both divisions operate fully independently and have separate decision-making processes. The project's mission encompasses such values, […]
After two and a half years of development, the ISC consortium has released the first stable version of a significant branch of the DNS server BIND 9.20, which incorporates changes that have been developed in the experimental branch BIND 9.19. Support for the 9.20 branch will be provided under an extended support cycle until the first quarter of 2028. Support for the 9.18 branch will end in the second quarter of 2025. For development […]
The release of the desktop-oriented operating system MidnightBSD 3.2 has taken place, based on FreeBSD with components ported from DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD. The basic desktop environment is built on Xfce (optionally, a bundle of GNUstep + Window Maker + GWorkspace can be installed). Unlike other desktop builds of FreeBSD, the MidnightBSD operating system was initially developed as a fork of FreeBSD 6.1-beta, which was synchronized in 2011 […]
Qucs-S is a software tool for simulating electronic circuits, using the open Ngspice engine for general-purpose circuits, or QucsatorRF for analyzing microwave devices. On July 23 of this year, another release of the program took place. The main innovations in release 24.3.0 include: The building of binary packages for all platforms has been migrated to Qt6. The process of importing third-party SPICE subcircuit models has been simplified, for which the procedure has been redesigned […]
The Thunderbird email client has implemented an indicator that notifies users of new messages via an icon in the system tray. This feature is based on the StatusNotifierItem protocol, originally developed by the KDE project (support in GNOME is implemented via an extension). A tracking page for this issue was created in November 1999. Unfortunately, the fix could not be completed in time for inclusion in […]
After two and a half years of development, the release of hostapd/wpa_supplicant 2.11 has been published, which provides support for wireless protocols IEEE 802.1X, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, and EAP. The suite includes the wpa_supplicant application for connecting to a wireless network as a client and the background process hostapd for managing access points and the authentication server, which includes components such as WPA Authenticator, […]
After years of uncertainty, Google announced that it is no longer considering plans to completely eliminate third-party cookies in the Chrome browser. Instead, a new interface will be introduced that allows users to choose whether they want to share their data with websites and advertisers. The Privacy Sandbox ad display and analysis standard is still viewed by the company as an important initiative, but already […]
The Vice President of Google overseeing the Privacy Sandbox project announced the cancellation of the plan to disable support for third-party cookies in the Chrome browser, which are set when accessing domains different from the current page’s domain. Third-party cookies are used to track user movements across sites in the code of advertising networks, social media widgets, and web analytics systems. Instead of a complete ban on third-party cookies in Chrome […]
Postgres Professional, a leading Russian database management system developer, has released an updated course on administrating the open-source PostgreSQL database. The curriculum has been enhanced with information on the latest versions 14, 15, and 16, including: a unified overview replacing four topics in the 'Access Management' section, which will later have a separate detailed course; a partially modified structure for a more logical and coherent presentation; Physical and logical replication […]
After six months of development, the release of the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.40 has been published, which fully complies with the ISO C11 and POSIX.1-2017 standards. The new release includes fixes from 68 developers. Notable improvements implemented in Glibc 2.40 include: new exponential and logarithmic functions added to the math.h header file, defined in the C23 standard: exp2m1, exp10m1, log2p1, […]