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A new version of the Nextcloud Hub 19 platform has been unveiled, providing a self-contained solution for the collaboration of enterprise and project teams. At the same time, the cloud platform Nextcloud 19, which underpins Nextcloud Hub, has been released, enabling the deployment of cloud storage with synchronization and sharing capabilities, allowing data viewing and editing from any device at any location […]
Google has added an interesting option to its trademark search system. To help users navigate the content of the web pages they are viewing and quickly find the information they are looking for, Google will highlight snippets of text that were displayed in the answer block in the search results. Over the past few years, Google developers have been testing the content highlighting feature on web pages based on clicking on a snippet of text, […]
Several recently discovered vulnerabilities: Vulnerability (CVE-2020-13765) in QEMU, which could potentially lead to code execution with the rights of the QEMU process on the host system when loading a specially crafted kernel image in the guest system. The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the code copying ROM contents during the system boot and manifests when loading the contents of a 32-bit kernel image into memory. The fix […]
A corrective update Firefox 77.0.1 has been released, which disables the automatic selection of the DNS over HTTPS (DoH) provider during testing for a gradual rollout to avoid peak loads on DoH providers. The testing check for DoH implemented in Firefox 77, which sends 10 trial requests from each client, turned into a sort of DDoS attack on the NextDNS service, which could not handle it.
Sylvestre Ledru has published the results of rebuilding the Debian GNU/Linux package archive using the Clang 10 compiler instead of GCC. Out of 31,014 packages, 1,400 (4.5%) failed to build, but by applying an additional patch to the Debian toolchain, the number of unbuilt packages was reduced to 1,110 (3.6%). For comparison, when building with Clang 8 and 9, the number of packages that could not be built was higher.
Today, Google announced the implementation of W3C WebAuth support for Google accounts on Apple devices running iOS 13.3 and above. This enhances the usability of Google’s encryption hardware keys on iOS and allows for more types of security keys to be used with Google accounts. With this innovation, iOS users can use the Google Titan Security key.
The final version of the Edge browser, based on Chromium, became available back in January 2020. However, to install the application, users had to manually download it from the company's website first. Now, Microsoft has automated the process. During the installation, the previous version did not replace the old Microsoft Edge (Legacy). Additionally, it lacked some basic elements that were planned to be included in the final build.
The release of the specialized Tails 4.7 distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous internet access, has been formed. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by a packet filter by default. To store user data in a persistent manner between sessions, user data storage is used.
After six months of development, a significant release of the specialized browser Tor Browser 9.5 has been formed, continuing the functionality enhancements based on the ESR branch of Firefox 68. The browser focuses on ensuring anonymity, security, and privacy, with all traffic routed exclusively through the Tor network. Direct access via the standard network connection of the current system is impossible, making it untraceable to identify the user's real IP address (in the case of […
On June 1, Devuan 3 Beowulf was released, which corresponds to Debian 10 Buster. Devuan is a fork of Debian GNU/Linux without systemd, which "gives users control over the system by avoiding excessive complexity and ensuring the freedom to choose the initialization system." Key features: Based on Debian Buster (10.4) and Linux kernel 4.19. Added support for ppc64el (also supports i386, amd64, armel, armhf, arm64) […
Firefox 77 is now available. A new certificate management page — about:certificate. The address bar can now distinguish entered domains from search queries containing a dot. For example, entering "foo.bar" will no longer attempt to open the site foo.bar; instead, it will perform a search. Improvements for users with disabilities: The list of handler applications in the browser settings has become accessible for screen readers. Issues have been fixed with […
The developers of the Linux Mint distribution have stated that snap packages and snapd will not be included in the upcoming Linux Mint 20 release. Furthermore, automatic installation of snapd alongside other packages installed via APT will be prohibited. Users can manually install snapd if desired, but its addition alongside other packages without the user's knowledge will be forbidden. The essence of the problem is that […
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