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The ELSA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Erazor X occupies 2.5 expansion slots

The company ELSA has announced the GeForce RTX 2070 Super Erazor X graphics accelerator, designed for use in gaming-class desktop computers. The 'heart' of the graphics card is the NVIDIA Turing architecture processor. The product contains 2560 CUDA cores and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 256-bit bus. The core clock frequency of the chip reaches 1815 MHz in turbo mode. The graphics accelerator is equipped with a cooling system featuring two 90-millimeter […]

Release of Snuffleupagus 0.5.1, a module for blocking vulnerabilities in PHP applications

After a year of development, the release of Snuffleupagus 0.5.1 has been published, providing a module for the PHP7 interpreter aimed at enhancing the security of the environment and blocking typical errors that lead to vulnerabilities in PHP applications. The module also allows for the creation of virtual patches to address specific issues without modifying the source code of the vulnerable application, which is convenient for use in mass hosting systems where it is impossible to […]

Release of SciPy 1.5.0, a library for scientific and engineering calculations

The release of the library for scientific, mathematical, and engineering calculations SciPy 1.5.0 has occurred. SciPy provides a large collection of modules for tasks such as calculating integrals, solving differential equations, image processing, statistical analysis, interpolation, applying Fourier transforms, finding extrema of functions, vector operations, analog signal processing, working with sparse matrices, etc. The project's code is distributed under the BSD license and uses […]

VPN WireGuard has been accepted into the main branch of OpenBSD

Jason A. Donenfeld, the author of VPN WireGuard, announced the acceptance of the core 'wg' driver for the WireGuard protocol into the main branch of OpenBSD, which implements a specific network interface and modifies the user-space tooling. OpenBSD has become the second OS after Linux to have full and integrated support for WireGuard. The inclusion of WireGuard is expected in the OpenBSD 6.8 release. The patches include a driver for […]

Perl 5.32.0

A new version of the Perl programming language interpreter 5.32.0 has been released. After 13 months of development, 140,000 lines changed in 880 files. Key innovations include: A new experimental operator 'isa', which checks if the specified object is an instance of the given class or a subclass: if( $obj isa Package::Name ) { … } Support for Unicode 13.0! It is now possible to write comparison operators with the same precedence in […]

Calculate Linux 20.6 has been released

Released on June 21, 2020. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of 'Calculate', we are pleased to present the new release of the Calculate Linux distribution 20.6! The new version includes boot optimizations, reduced memory requirements, and added support for browser plugin presets for working with Nextcloud. The following editions of the distribution are available for download: Calculate Linux Desktop with KDE desktop (CLD), […]

Release of the Python library for scientific computing NumPy 1.19

The release of the Python scientific computing library NumPy 1.19 is now available, focused on working with multidimensional arrays and matrices, and providing a large collection of functions that implement various algorithms related to matrix usage. NumPy is one of the most in-demand libraries used for scientific calculations. The project's code is written in Python with optimizations in C and is distributed […]

A GPU driver with Vulkan API support has been prepared for old Raspberry Pi boards

The first stable release of the open-source graphics driver RPi-VK-Driver 1.0 has been introduced, providing support for the Vulkan graphic API for older Raspberry Pi boards equipped with the Broadcom Videocore IV GPU. The driver is compatible with all models of Raspberry Pi boards released before the Raspberry Pi 4, from 'Zero' and '1 Model A' to '3 Model B+' and 'Compute Module 3+'. The driver […]

Google launched the Keen service - a potential competitor to Pinterest

The development team from Area 120, a Google division focused on experimental services and applications, quietly launched a new social service called Keen. It serves as a counterpart to the popular Pinterest service and is positioned as a potential competitor. One of the distinguishing features of the new service is its reliance on machine learning technologies in the content discovery process. […]

Assessment of the Impact on the Performance of Popular Chrome Extensions

The results of a study on the impact of thousands of the most popular Chrome extensions on browser performance have been published. It has been shown that some extensions can significantly affect performance, create a heavy load on the system, and increase memory consumption several times. The testing assessed CPU load in active and background modes, memory usage, and its effect on rendering speed […]

LLVM developers discuss discontinuing the use of the term 'master'

The developers of the LLVM project have expressed their intention to follow the example of other projects and stop using the word "master" to identify the main repository. This change is presented as a demonstration that the LLVM community is inclusive and sensitive to issues that may cause discomfort to certain groups of participants. Instead of "master," it is proposed to choose a neutral alternative, such as "dev," "trunk," "main," or "default." It is noted that […]

The Xfce project released desktop xfdesktop 4.15.0 and file manager Thunar 4.15.0

The release of the xfdesktop 4.15.0 desktop manager, used in the Xfce desktop environment for rendering desktop icons and configuring background images, has been announced. At the same time, the Thunar 4.15.0 file manager has been released, which focuses on ensuring high speed and responsiveness while providing a simple, intuitive, and uncluttered interface. […]

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