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At today's virtual conference for Perl developers, the Perl 7 project was announced, which will smoothly continue the evolution of the Perl 5 branch without making radical changes. Perl 7 will be similar to the Perl 5.32.0 release, except for different default settings that better align with modern development practices. Otherwise, Perl 7 will remain the same Perl 5 and will maintain compatibility with previous […]
After a year of development and four beta releases, the first stable release of the new MariaDB 10.4 branch has been prepared. This branch evolves from MySQL, retaining backward compatibility while integrating additional storage engines and expanded capabilities. Support for this new branch will be provided for five years, until June 2025. The development of MariaDB is overseen by the independent MariaDB Foundation in accordance with […]
Vladimir Palant, the creator of Adblock Plus, has discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2020-8102) in the Chromium-based specialized web browser Safepay, offered as part of the Bitdefender Total Security 2020 antivirus package and aimed at enhancing user security in the global network (for example, it provides additional isolation when accessing banks and payment systems). The vulnerability allows websites opened in the browser to execute arbitrary […]
The release of another major version of Lemmy has taken place — a future federated, but currently centralized implementation of a Reddit-like (or Hacker News, Lobsters) link aggregator. This time, 100 issue reports have been closed, new functionality has been added, and performance and security have been improved. The server implements typical functionality for such sites: content created and moderated by users in interest-based communities — […]
The release of the open-source DBMS Nebula Graph 1.0.0 has taken place, designed for the efficient storage of large sets of interconnected data forming a graph that can contain billions of nodes and trillions of connections. The project is written in C++ and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Client libraries for accessing the DBMS have been prepared for Go, Python, and Java. The DBMS developing startup VESoft […]
Microsoft has announced the availability of the Microsoft Defender ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) package for the Linux platform. The product is designed for proactive protection, tracking unpatched vulnerabilities, and detecting and removing malicious activity in the system. The platform combines an antivirus package, a network intrusion detection system, an exploit protection mechanism (including zero-day), and additional […]
A new release of the free static analyzer cppcheck 2.1 is available, allowing for the identification of various classes of errors in C and C++ code, including when using non-standard syntax typical for embedded systems. A collection of plugins is provided, ensuring integration of cppcheck with various development, continuous integration, and testing systems, as well as capabilities such as compliance checking […]
In the 6.0.0 release of the hashcat program for password cracking across more than 320 types of hashes (using GPU capabilities), the developer introduced numerous improvements: A new plugin interface supporting modular hash modes. A new API interface supporting APIs other than OpenCL. CUDA support. Detailed documentation for plugin developers. GPU emulation mode — to run kernel code on the CPU (instead of […]
On June 22, the anniversary version 0.20.2 of the popular open-source planetarium Stellarium was released, visualizing the realistic night sky as if you were observing it with the naked eye or through binoculars or a telescope. The anniversary of the release marks the project's age — 20 years ago, Fabien Chéreau was tasked with the challenge of loading a new discrete graphics card. In total, between […]
The release of the decentralized file system IPFS 0.6 (InterPlanetary File System) has been published, forming a global version-controlled file storage deployed as a P2P network composed of participant systems. IPFS combines ideas previously implemented in systems like Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia, SFS, and the Web, and resembles a single 'swarm' of BitTorrent (peers participating in the distribution) exchanging Git objects. IPFS features content-based addressing, and […]
The release of FPC 3.2.0 has occurred! This version is a major new release containing bug fixes and package updates, new features, and new targets. Five years have passed since the release of FPC 3.0, so it is recommended to upgrade as soon as possible. New features: https://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_3.2.0 A list of changes that may break backward compatibility: https://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_3.2.0 A list of new supported platforms: https://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_3.2.0#New_compiler_targets Download: https://www.freepascal.org/download.html […]
On November 25, a new version of the open-source Pascal and Object Pascal compiler — FPC 3.0.0 'Pestering Peacock' was released. The main changes in this release include: Compatibility improvements with Delphi: Support for Delphi-like namespaces for modules has been added. The ability to create dynamic arrays using the Create constructor has been introduced. Strings of type AnsiString now store information about their encoding. Changes in the compiler: A new […]