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The cumulative update KB4557957 for Windows 10, released last week, brought users not only fixes and system stability improvements but also problems. A few days ago, it was reported that due to the update, Microsoft Office applications may fail to launch, and now issues with document printing are being reported. Over the past few days […]
Nat Friedman, the head of GitHub, confirmed the company's intention to default to using 'main' instead of 'master' for primary branches in solidarity with those protesting against police violence and racism in the U.S. The new name will only be used for new repositories; existing projects will retain their 'master' branch name. However, there is discussion about the possibility […]
Google has added a change to the Chromium codebase, which will form the basis of Chrome 85, that by default disables the display of path elements and query parameters in the address bar. Only the domain of the site will remain visible, and the full URL will be displayed after clicking on the address bar. The change is planned to be gradually rolled out to users through experimental launches covering […]
Saudi scientists conducted a series of experiments with solar cells shaped like small spheres. The round shape of the photovoltaic converter allows for better capture of reflected and scattered sunlight. While this may not be a practical solution for industrial solar farms, circular solar cells could prove to be a real breakthrough for a variety of applications. A group of researchers from King Abdullah University […]
The release of 4MLinux 33.0 has been published, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be utilized not only as a live environment for media playback and user tasks, but also as a recovery system and a platform for running LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and […]
A group of researchers from several American universities published the PIFu (Pixel-Aligned Implicit Function) project, which allows the application of machine learning methods to create a 3D model of a person from one or more two-dimensional images. The system can recreate complex clothing variants, such as pleated skirts and high-heeled shoes, as well as various hairstyles, autonomously restoring texture and shape in areas that are not visible in the projection, […]
As part of the Mobian project, an attempt has been made to create a version of Debian GNU/Linux for mobile devices. The builds use the standard Debian package base, a set of GNOME applications, and a custom shell called Phosh, developed by Purism for the Librem 5 smartphone. Phosh is based on GNOME technologies (GTK, GSettings, DBus) and utilizes the Phoc compositing server running on top of Wayland. Mobian is currently limited to preparing builds […]
Intel has addressed two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-0594, CVE-2020-0595) in the implementation of Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Standard Manageability (ISM) technologies, which provide interfaces for hardware monitoring and management. These issues have been assigned the highest severity rating (9.8 out of 10 CVSS), as the vulnerabilities allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain access to hardware remote management features through specially crafted […]
A new version of Foliate has been released — an eBook reader based on GTK. This version adds support for the following formats: FictionBook (.fb2, .fb2.zip); Comic book archive (.cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cb7); Plain text (.txt); Unpacked EPUB files. Additionally, an option has been added to set the maximum page width; recently opened books and reading progress are shown when browsing the library; book search has been added […]
Remedy Entertainment, in collaboration with 505 Games and Laced Record, has announced the release of the Control soundtrack on vinyl. The set can be pre-ordered on the Laced Records website for £33. Shipping is scheduled for September 2020. The set will include two 180-gram records (red and black). It will feature 16 specially selected tracks created by composer Petri Alanko […]
The online resource HotHardware reports that many Windows users have encountered issues with the May update of Windows 10 being installed on their computers without consent. While some users see a message in the Windows Update Center indicating that their computer is not yet ready to receive the new software, others find that the new OS has been automatically installed on their […]
A new version of the Natron software has been released, designed for compositing special effects with video for film production (the closest commercial analogs of the project are The Foundry Nuke and Blackmagic Fusion). In the two years since the last release, the project was nearly shelved due to conflicts among the main developers. However, work has resumed. The new version primarily includes fixes and […]