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Release of Electron 23.0.0, the application development platform based on the Chromium engine

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The release of Electron 23.0.0 has been prepared, providing a standalone framework for developing cross-platform user applications, utilizing components from Chromium, V8, and Node.js as its foundation. The significant version change is due to the update to the Chromium 110 codebase, Node.js 18.12.1 platform, and V8 11 JavaScript engine. Among the changes in this new release: Added support for the WebUSB API, allowing direct interaction with […]

A complete redesign of the interface is planned for the Thunderbird email client

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The developers of the Thunderbird email client have published a development plan for the next three years. During this time, the project aims to achieve three main objectives: A complete overhaul of the user interface to create a system suitable for different user categories (both beginners and experienced users), easily customizable to personal preferences, and a cohesive design system. Improving the reliability and compactness of the codebase, rewriting outdated code and […]

A vulnerability in ImageMagick leading to leakage of local file content

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A vulnerability CVE-2022-44268 has been discovered in ImageMagick, which is commonly used by web developers for image conversion, that may lead to the leakage of file content when processing PNG images prepared by an attacker through ImageMagick. This vulnerability threatens systems that process external images and then allow the upload of the conversion results. The vulnerability arises from ImageMagick using the content of the 'profile' parameter when processing PNG images […]

According to Cloudflare, the share of Firefox is 5.9%

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According to Cloudflare Radar, Firefox's share has risen to 5.9%, showing a growth of 0.1% over the last 7 days and 0.11% over the month. Chrome's share stands at 30.3%, Chrome Mobile at 26.7%, Mobile Safari at 11.1%, Chrome Mobile Webview at 6.1%, Edge at 4.7%, Facebook at 3.4%, and Safari at 3.4%. The growth of Firefox's presence contrasts with traditional […]

Build system failures due to changes in archive checksums on GitHub

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GitHub has altered the method for generating automatically created '.tar.gz' and '.tgz' archives on release pages, resulting in changes to their checksums and widespread failures in automated build systems that validate the integrity by verifying downloads from GitHub against previously saved checksums, such as those stored in package metadata or build scripts. Starting from the release […]

Release of OpenSSH 9.2 addressing a vulnerability that manifests before authentication

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The release of OpenSSH 9.2 has been announced, which is the open implementation of the client and server for SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. The new version fixes a vulnerability that could lead to double memory deallocation before passing authentication. Only OpenSSH 9.1 is affected by this vulnerability; earlier versions do not exhibit this problem. To trigger the vulnerability, it is sufficient to change the SSH client banner […]

Release of Wine 8.1

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 8.1 has taken place. Since the release of 8.0, 27 bug reports have been closed and 299 changes have been made. Note that starting with the 2.x branch, the Wine project switched to a version numbering scheme where each stable release increases the first digit in the version number (7.0.0, 8.0.0), while updates to […]

Release of Postgres Pro Enterprise 15.1.1

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Postgres Professional has announced the availability of the proprietary database management system Pro Enterprise 15.1.1, based on the PostgreSQL 15 codebase and including new features that are being integrated into the upcoming PostgreSQL branches, as well as a range of specific enhancements for high-load systems. The database supports multi-master replication, block-level data compression, incremental backups, an integrated connection pooler, optimized table partitioning, […]

Dependency of instruction execution time on data in ARM and Intel CPUs

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Eric Biggers, one of the developers of the Adiantum cipher and maintainer of the Linux fscrypt kernel subsystem, has proposed a set of patches to address security issues arising from a characteristic of Intel processors that does not guarantee consistent instruction execution times for different data being processed. This issue affects Intel processors starting from the Ice Lake family. A similar problem is observed in ARM processors. […]

Intel has discontinued development of the HAXM hypervisor.

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Intel has released a new version of the HAXM (Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager) virtualization engine 7.8, after which it has archived the repository and announced the cessation of support for the project. Intel will no longer accept patches or bug fixes, participate in development, or release updates. Individuals wishing to continue development are encouraged to create a fork and develop it independently. HAXM is a cross-platform tool (Linux, […]

Layoffs at Google affected leaders promoting open projects

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Reports continue to emerge about the results of mass layoffs at Google, which have affected around 12,000 employees (6% of the total staff). In addition to the layoffs of some developers of the Fuchsia OS, which was reported earlier, notable figures promoting open source and overseeing the company’s open projects have also been let go. For example, Christopher […]

Introducing Carbonyl, a console browser based on the Chromium engine

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A new console web browser Carbonyl has been introduced, based on the Chromium engine and capable of displaying any websites, including YouTube, in the terminal. The browser supports almost all Web APIs, including WebGL, WebGPU, and tools for playing video, audio, and animation. It can operate both from a direct terminal launch and through an SSH connection. The binding around the Chromium engine is written […]

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