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The VPN is built into the Microsoft Edge browser

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Microsoft has begun testing the Microsoft Edge Secure VPN service, integrated into the Edge browser. The VPN is activated for a small percentage of users on the experimental Edge Canary branch, but can also be enabled in the 'Settings > Privacy, search and services' section. The service is developed in partnership with Cloudflare, which provides the server infrastructure for building the data transmission network. The proposed VPN hides the IP address […]

An FFmpeg vulnerability allows code execution while processing mp4 files

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Security researchers from Google discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2022-2566) in the libavformat library, which is part of the FFmpeg multimedia package. The vulnerability allows for remote code execution when a specially crafted mp4 file is processed on the victim's system. It has been present since the FFmpeg 5.1 branch and was fixed in the FFmpeg 5.1.2 release. The vulnerability is caused by an error in buffer size calculation in the […]

Google has released the open audio codec Lyra V2.

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Google has introduced the Lyra V2 audio codec, utilizing machine learning techniques to achieve maximum speech quality over very slow communication channels. The new version features a transition to a new neural network architecture, support for additional platforms, enhanced bitrate management capabilities, improved performance, and higher sound quality. The reference implementation of the code is written in C++ and is distributed under […

Release of the atomically updatable distribution carbonOS 2022.2

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The release of the user-focused Linux distribution carbonOS 2022.2 has been published, built using an atomic composition model whereby the base environment is provided as a single whole, not divided into separate packages. Additional applications are installed in Flatpak format and run in isolated containers. The size of the installation image is 2 GB. The project's developments are distributed under the MIT license. The contents of the base system are mounted in read-only mode […]

Beta release of Ubuntu 22.10

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The beta release of the Ubuntu 22.10 'Kinetic Kudu' distribution has been presented, after which a complete freeze of the package base was implemented, and the developers moved on to final testing and bug fixing. The release, classified as an intermediate release, has updates that are formed over 9 months, scheduled for October 20. Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu […]

Release of the Qt 6.4 Framework

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The Qt Company has released the Qt 6.4 framework, continuing the work on stabilizing and enhancing the functionality of the Qt 6 branch. Qt 6.4 supports platforms Windows 10+, macOS 10.15+, Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, CentOS 8.2, openSUSE 15.3, SUSE 15 SP2), iOS 14+, Android 6+ (API 23+), webOS, WebAssembly, INTEGRITY, and QNX. The source code of the Qt components […]

Critical vulnerabilities compromising end-to-end encryption in many Matrix clients.

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Developers of the decentralized communication platform Matrix have warned of critical vulnerabilities found in the matrix-js-sdk, matrix-ios-sdk, and matrix-android-sdk2 libraries, which allow server administrators to impersonate other users and read messages in end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chats. The vulnerabilities are caused by errors in specific implementations of the Matrix protocol and are not issues with the protocol itself. Currently, the project has released updates for the problematic SDKs […]

Release of Pale Moon 31.3 and SeaMonkey 2.53.14 browsers.

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The release of the web browser Pale Moon 31.3 has been published, which forks from the Firefox codebase to ensure higher efficiency, maintain a classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization without […]

Chrome 106 Release

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Google has released the web browser Chrome 106. Simultaneously, a stable release of the free project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium by using Google logos, having a crash reporting system, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), an automatic update system, constant Sandbox isolation, the provision of keys to Google APIs, and passing through […]

The tenth version of patches for the Linux kernel with support for the Rust language

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Miguel Ojeda, the author of the Rust-for-Linux project, has proposed for Linux kernel developers to consider releasing version 10 of the components for device driver development in Rust. This is the eleventh edition of the patches, taking into account the first version published without a version number. Linus Torvalds has approved the inclusion of Rust support in Linux kernel 6.1, provided no unforeseen issues arise. The development is funded […]

In Fedora 37, the use of VA-API for accelerating the decoding of H.264, H.265, and VC-1 video has been disabled

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Fedora Linux developers have disabled the use of VA-API (Video Acceleration API) for hardware acceleration of video encoding and decoding in H.264, H.265, and VC-1 formats in the default Mesa package shipped with the distribution. This change will be included in Fedora 37 and will affect configurations using open-source video drivers (AMDGPU, radeonsi, Nouveau, Intel, etc.). It is expected that the change will also be backported to the Fedora branch […]

A forgotten patch affecting AMD CPU performance has been found in the Linux kernel.

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The Linux kernel 6.0, which is expected to be released next Monday, includes a change that addresses performance issues in systems with AMD Zen processors. The source of the performance drop was code added 20 years ago to work around a hardware problem present in some chipsets. The hardware issue has long been resolved and does not affect current chipsets, but the old workaround was forgotten and became […]

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