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Release of the FFmpeg 4.3 multimedia package with Vulkan graphics API support

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After ten months of development, the multimedia package FFmpeg 4.3 is available, containing a suite of applications and a collection of libraries for operations with various multimedia formats (recording, converting, and decoding sound and video formats). The package is distributed under LGPL and GPL licenses, and FFmpeg development is conducted in parallel with the MPlayer project. Notable changes added in FFmpeg 4.3 include: Support for the Vulkan graphics API; Based on […]

CentOS Linux 8.2 Release (2004)

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The CentOS 2004 distribution has been released, incorporating changes from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2. The distribution is fully binary-compatible with RHEL 8.2, and the changes made to the packages generally involve rebranding and graphic redesign. CentOS 2004 builds are available (7 GB DVD and 550 MB netboot) for x86_64, Aarch64 (ARM64), and ppc64le architectures. The SRPMS packages […]

Linux Kernel 5.8 Will Be the Largest in Terms of Changes

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Linus Torvalds presented the first release candidate of the Linux kernel 5.8, noting that it seems to be the largest in terms of changes of all kernels in the history of the project. The 5.8 branch has accepted 14,206 sets of changes, affecting approximately 20% of all files in the kernel code repository. The size of the 5.8-rc1 patch was 61 MB, which […]

WhatsApp expands to new countries where money transfers in the app are available

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Starting today, residents of Brazil can make money transfers directly within the WhatsApp application. The company's press release states that this feature is implemented on the Facebook Pay platform. Users can send money from WhatsApp business accounts. This function is primarily designed to facilitate payment acceptance for small businesses. WhatsApp reports that payments are completely secure, and for […]

GitHub has decided to abandon the name "master" for primary branches.

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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 […]

In Chrome, they intend to switch to showing only the domain in the address bar

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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 […]

Spherical solar elements offer a new way to efficiently collect solar energy.

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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 […]

Release of 4MLinux 33.0

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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 […]

PIFu — a machine learning system for constructing a 3D model of a person based on 2D images

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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, […]

Mobian — a project to adapt Debian for mobile devices

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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 […]

Remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in Intel AMT and ISM subsystems

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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 […]

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