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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 […]
Google has scheduled the beta launch of Android 11 for June 1, with a celebratory event taking place online on June 3, as the traditional I/O conference was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event will be broadcast at 6:00 PM Moscow time. Google will also release 12 presentations detailing the features of the new operating system, covering fundamental topics such as innovations […]
The release of Chrome OS 83, based on the Linux kernel, upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build system, open components, and Chrome 83 web browser, has occurred. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, utilizing web applications instead of standard programs; however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The Chrome OS 83 build […]
The release of UDisks 2.9.0 package has occurred, which includes a system background process, libraries, and tools for organizing access to and management of disks, storage devices, and associated technologies. UDisks provides a D-Bus API for working with disk partitions, configuring MD RAID, handling block devices in a file (loop mounting), manipulating file systems, etc. Additionally, modules for monitoring […]
A new major version of the popular free audio editor has been released, along with a hurried fix. A number of changes have been made to the interface and bugs have been corrected. New from versions 2.3.*: The current time has been moved to a separate panel. It can be placed anywhere and resized (by default — double). The time format is independent of the format in the selection panel. Audio tracks can display […]
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