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The Document Foundation announces the availability for testing of the alpha version of LibreOffice 7.0 and invites participation in the bug hunt organized on May 11. The ready builds (RPM and DEB packages that can be installed alongside the stable version) will be posted in the pre-releases section. Report any found bugs to the developers in the project's bugzilla. Feel free to ask questions and get […]
Google has launched a new mobile app for children called Read Along. With this app, elementary school-aged children can enhance their reading skills. The app currently supports several languages and is available for download from the Play Market digital content store. Read Along is based on the educational app Bolo, which was launched in India a few months ago. […]
The developers of the decentralized communication system Matrix have introduced new releases of the key client applications: Riot Web 1.6, Riot Desktop 1.6, Riot iOS 0.11.1 and RiotX Android 0.19. Riot is written using web technologies and the React framework (utilizing the React Matrix SDK wrapper). The desktop version is built on the Electron platform. The code is released under the Apache 2.0 license. The key improvement in […]
New Vector, the company whose employees also lead the non-profit organization of the Matrix protocol, has announced the release of a number of Riot family Matrix clients. Matrix is a free protocol for implementing a federated network built on a linear event history within a directed acyclic graph (DAG). The main implementation of this protocol is a messenger with VoIP signaling support, but other applications are also possible, as […]
The Free TON Community (consisting of developers and potential users of the TON platform) has launched the Free TON blockchain platform. This was reported by RBC citing a statement from the community, which said that Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who was banned by U.S. authorities from issuing cryptocurrency, did not participate in the launch of the platform. According to available information, instead of Gram tokens, project participants will receive tokens […]
Oracle has released the industrial distribution of Oracle Linux 8.2, based on the package base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2. An installation ISO image, sized 6.6 GB, is available for unlimited download after free registration, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures. Oracle Linux offers unlimited and free access to the yum repository with binary package updates with fixes […]
The release of UbuntuDDE 20.04, based on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS codebase and shipped with the DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment), has been published. The project is currently an unofficial edition of Ubuntu, but the developers are negotiating with Canonical about including UbuntuDDE in the official Ubuntu distributions. The ISO image size is 2.2 GB. UbuntuDDE offers the Deepin 5.0 desktop release and […]
Microsoft has announced its readiness to pay a reward of up to one hundred thousand dollars for identifying a vulnerability in the Azure Sphere IoT platform, built on the Linux kernel and using sandbox isolation for core services and applications. The reward is promised for demonstrating vulnerabilities in the Pluton subsystem (root of trust implemented in the chip) or Secure World (sandbox). The reward is part of a three-month research program, […]
Buttplug — an open standard and software suite for controlling intimate devices such as phalluses, sex machines, electrostimulators, and more. Features: A set of libraries for Rust, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and other popular programming languages; Support for devices like Kiiroo, Lovense, Erostek, and others. A complete list is here; Supports control via Bluetooth, USB, HID, Serial interfaces, and also voice control; The source code is open […]
At the GitHub Satellite conference, which is being held virtually this time, several new services were introduced: Codespaces — a full-fledged integrated development environment that allows direct participation in code creation through GitHub. The environment is based on the open-source code editor Visual Studio Code (VSCode), which runs in the browser. In addition to writing code, it offers features such as building, testing, debugging, […]
The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 2.6.6 is now available, designed for fast disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to those of the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the ISO image of the distribution is 277 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilizes code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Booting is possible from […]
Creative Assembly and SEGA have announced Total War: Elysium—a collectible card game that will be distributed under a freemium model. In the project, players will form decks from various historical figures and troops, with all events taking place in the fictional city of Elysium. According to the PCGamesN resource citing the official press release, the project resembles other representatives of the genre, and […]
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