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On May 25, 2020, another update of the I2P router was released, designed to create a decentralized, anonymous, and censorship-resistant network that supports TCP and UDP and is capable of hosting services of any kind. The planned update was prepared exactly three months after the last one. As always, the developers recommend updating as soon as possible, as this is the best way to ensure security and […]
A new version of the Guitarix effects processor, aimed at guitarists, has been released. Changes: the rack has been ported to GTK3 (gtkmm3), and LV2 plugins to X11/Cairo; MIDI feedback support has been added; a new PowerAmp module has been introduced, emulating single-ended 6V6GT, push-pull EL84, among others (based on Orange Dark Terror, Princeton, etc.). Source: linux.org.ru
When Grand Theft Auto IV returned to Steam after a brief absence due to key generation issues, the game began to be sold in the Complete Edition along with all expansions. At that time, users noticed that several songs had been removed from the project. In a recent update, Rockstar Games reinstated the missing tracks; however, serious bugs crept into the game at the same time. As reported […]
Microsoft recently began the full rollout of the major May update for Windows 10 (version 2004). As usual, the build comes with a bunch of new features, such as Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, a new Cortana app, and so on. There are several known issues that the company is working to resolve soon. Now, Microsoft has published a list of features that have been deprecated or removed in […]
The Raspberry Pi project has announced an expanded version of the Raspberry Pi 4 board, now available with 8 GB of RAM. The price of the new board is $75. In comparison, the versions with 2 GB and 4 GB of RAM are sold for $35 and $55, respectively. The BCM2711 chip used on the board allows addressing up to 16 GB of memory, but at the time of the board's development, […]
With each update, Google is trying to improve the operation of Progressive Web Apps in its Chrome browser. Last month, the company replaced some Android apps for Chrome OS users with PWA versions. Now, Google has released a new build of the Chrome Canary browser that allows PWA to launch on Windows startup. This feature was first discovered by the Techdows resource specialists and is currently hidden. To […]
The Apache Software Foundation has released version 1.14.0 of its version control system, Subversion, which is classified as a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, with updates scheduled until 2024. Despite the development of decentralized systems, Subversion remains popular in commercial companies and projects that use a centralized approach to version control and configuration management of software systems. Among those using Subversion […]
Google has announced the inclusion of a new feature in Chrome 84, scheduled for release on July 14, to protect users from bothersome notifications, such as spam requests for push notifications. Since such requests interrupt user activity and distract attention during confirmation dialogues, an informational prompt requiring no action from the user will be displayed in the address bar instead of a separate dialogue […]
The release of the distributed DBMS TiDB 4.0 is now available, developed under the influence of Google Spanner and F1 technologies. TiDB falls into the category of hybrid HTAP (Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing) systems, capable of providing real-time transaction processing (OLTP) as well as executing analytical queries. The project is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Features of TiDB: SQL support […]
Today, a version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B single-board computer with 8GiB of RAM was released at a price of $75. 8GiB is over 13,000 times greater than 640KiB, which, according to Bill Gates, should be enough for everyone. Other variants of the 4 Model B: 1GiB - $35 (not produced), 2GiB - $45 (from February 27 - $35), and 4GiB - $55. An early beta of the 64-bit […]
On May 26, a new version of the C++ framework Qt 5.15 LTS was released. This version is the last among the Qt 5 series before the release of Qt 6. Features scheduled for removal in Qt 6 are marked as deprecated in this release. Non-commercial support will be provided until the release of Qt 6, while commercial support will last for three years. New features in this release: The transfer […]
Three related projects for processing guitar sound have been released. KPP 1.2 is a software guitar processor in the form of LV2 and LADSPA plugin sets. The tubeAmp plugin uses profiles in its own *.tapf format, allowing the emulation of the sound of any real guitar amplifier models. The other plugins in the set emulate Fuzz, Distortion, Overdrive, Noise Gate, and Octaver pedals. Key changes since […]
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