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The EasyOCR project develops a new optical character recognition system that supports over 40 languages, including English, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, and Lithuanian. Cyrillic-based languages are not currently supported, but their addition is planned. The code is written in Python using the PyTorch framework and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Ready to download are provided […]
It's been a while since laptops from the Aspire series visited the 3DNews testing lab. However, these mobile PCs are quite popular in our country. Using the Aspire 7 A715-75G model, equipped with a 6-core Core i7 chip and GeForce GTX 1650 Ti graphics, you'll find out how successful the new generation of Acer's "fast" laptops is. ⇡#Technical Specifications, Configuration, and Software How I […]
Kitware, a company specializing in medical data visualization and computer vision, and known for developing the CMake build system, has introduced F3D 1.0, a fast and compact 3D model viewer, developed under the KISS principle (Keep it simple, stupid). The program is written in C++, uses the VTK visualization library, also developed by Kitware, and is distributed under the BSD license. It can be built for […]
The first significant release of the SFTPGo 1.0 server has occurred, allowing remote file access via SFTP, SCP/SSH, and Rsync protocols. SFTPGo can also be used to provide access to Git repositories using the SSH protocol. Data can be served from both the local file system and external storage compatible with Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage. […]
Today, July 8, 2020, after nearly four months of active development, our team is pleased to announce the new major release of the HestiaCP server management panel. The new features added in this release include support for Ubuntu 20.04, the ability to manage SSH keys from both the graphical interface of the panel and the CLI, and a graphical file manager, FileGator, which uses SFTP for file operations […]
Microsoft has introduced a new free online service, Freta, aimed at checking Linux environment images for rootkits, hidden processes, malware, and suspicious activities such as system call interception and the use of LD_PRELOAD to substitute library functions. The service requires the upload of a system image snapshot to an external Microsoft server and is designed to inspect the contents of virtual environments. The output […]
An update has been made to the codebase of the MPV multimedia player, which checks for execution in a GNOME environment and terminates the program with an error message indicating that the program cannot be used in GNOME. Later, this change was replaced with a milder version that only displays a warning. Prior to this, starting from version 0.32, a similar warning had already been issued regarding known issues that manifested […]
Mozilla has temporarily suspended the Firefox Send file-sharing service due to its involvement in the distribution of malware and complaints regarding the lack of means to send abuse notifications about improper use of the service (only a general feedback form was available). Service restoration is planned after implementing the ability to report malicious or problematic content and establishing a system for prompt […]
Alongside other manufacturers, the Taiwanese company MSI introduced its motherboards for Comet Lake-S processors with LGA1200 construction, presenting a variety of options at once. The company's lineup includes a total of 11 motherboards, ranging from the basic and affordable Z490-A PRO to the elite MEG Z490 Godlike, which leads MSI's series of models designed for extreme overclocking, MEG (MSI Enthusiast Gaming). […]
The release of the new main branch nginx 1.19.1 has been announced, which is focused on the development of new features. The stable branch 1.18.x, which is maintained concurrently, only receives changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. Next year, a stable branch 1.20 will be formed based on the main branch 1.19.x. Key changes: The directives "proxy_cache_path", "fastcgi_cache_path", "scgi_cache_path", and "uwsgi_cache_path" have been updated to include the "min_free" parameter, […]
As part of the VKD3D-Proton project, a fork from the vkd3d codebase has been created. Valve plans to use this fork in the Wine-based package for running Windows games called Proton. Support for DirectX 9/10/11 in Proton is based on the DXVK package, while the implementation of DirectX 12 has continued to rely on the vkd3d library (which was carried on after the original author's passing, […]
The Gentoo project has introduced a new 64-bit build called "Gentoo on Android", aimed at providing a working Gentoo environment for mobile devices based on the Android platform. The build installs within the existing Android operating system (Gentoo stage3 is installed in a separate directory /data/gentoo64 and uses the Android system kernel). Root access to the device's Android firmware is required for installation. The environment is launched with the command /data/gentoo64/startprefix, which […]