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The first release of the new main branch nginx 1.19 has been introduced, within which the development of new features will continue. In the concurrently supported stable branch 1.18.x, only changes related to fixing serious errors and vulnerabilities are being made. Next year, a stable branch 1.20 will be formed based on the main branch 1.19.x. Key changes: Added the ability to verify client certificates with the involvement of external […]
The release of the cross-platform framework Qt 5.15 has been announced. The source texts for the Qt components are provided under the LGPLv3 and GPLv2 licenses. A new branch of Qt 6 is expected to be published in December, which will bring significant architectural changes. To ease the transition to Qt 6, Qt 5.15 includes preliminary implementations of some new features and warnings about the imminent end of support for certain functionalities planned […]
An update for Protox, a mobile messaging application that allows users to communicate without server involvement based on the Tox protocol (s-toxcore), has been released. Currently, it only supports the Android OS; however, since the software is written on the cross-platform framework Qt using QML, it might be ported to other platforms in the future. The application serves as an alternative to Tox clients like Antox and Trifa. The project code […]
The music service Spotify has removed the limit of 10,000 songs for personal libraries. This was announced by the developers on the company's website. Users can now add an unlimited number of tracks to their library. Spotify users have complained for several years about the restrictions on the number of songs in their personal library, despite the service hosting over 50 million tracks. In 2017, company representatives stated […]
A team of researchers from Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the University of Texas at Dallas has identified a new class of DoS attacks—RangeAmp—based on the use of the HTTP Range header to amplify traffic through Content Delivery Networks (CDN). The essence of the method is that due to the way Range headers are processed by many CDNs, an attacker can request one byte from a large file through the CDN, but […]
The release of the anonymous network I2P 0.9.46 and the C++ client i2pd 2.32.0 has taken place. Recall that I2P is a multilayered anonymous distributed network running over the regular internet, actively using end-to-end encryption, which ensures anonymity and isolation. In the I2P network, users can anonymously create websites and blogs, send instant messages and emails, share files, and organize P2P networks. The basic I2P client is written […]
Unfortunately, professional-level drawing applications on Android are either too expensive or offer only a few basic features for free. This does not apply to the open-source graphic editor Krita, the first open beta version of which is now available on Android and Chromebook. Krita is a free raster graphic editor with open source, whose desktop version contains […]
To bypass corporate network security and gain access to organizations' local IT infrastructure, intruders typically require an average of four days, and at a minimum, just 30 minutes. This is evidenced by a study conducted by specialists at Positive Technologies. The assessment of the network perimeter security by Positive Technologies revealed that resources in the local network can be accessed in 93% of companies, and […]
According to reports from online sources, the website eBay.com uses a special script to scan the ports of visitors' PCs to detect remote access programs. Many of the scanned network ports are utilized by popular remote management tools such as Windows Remote Desktop, VNC, TeamViewer, and others. Enthusiasts from Bleeping Computer conducted a study that confirmed eBay.com is indeed scanning 14 different […]
The studio Frogwares has announced Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One — a prequel to the series, which they hinted at earlier in their microblog. The game will be released in 2021 for PC (Steam, EGS, GOG), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X, with the exact date currently unknown. Frogwares will self-publish the game. The cinematic trailer accompanying the announcement initially shows a young Sherlock […]
A new hardware support database for BSD systems has been opened, prepared by the creators of the Linux-Hardware.org database. Among the most sought-after features of the database are driver searches for devices, functionality tests, anonymization of collected system logs, and statistical reports. The use cases for the database are diverse — you can simply generate a list of all devices, send logs to developers for bug fixes, or save a 'snapshot' of the current state of the computer for future reference, […]
In the announcement of the preliminary version of the Linux kernel 5.7-rc7, after a general overview of the fixes, Linus Torvalds mentioned that the most significant improvement for him over the week was the update of his main workstation. For the first time in the last 15 years, his system is equipped with a processor not from Intel. The new configuration features an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970x CPU with 32 cores (64 threads) […]
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