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As technology companies experiment with various ways to launch products during the era of social distancing, Google has announced that the first public beta of the Android 11 platform will be presented on June 3 during an online broadcast on YouTube. The company has released a promotional video for the online event The Beta Launch Show, scheduled for the mentioned date. It is expected that this event will […]
The release of the free distribution OpenIndiana 2020.04 has taken place, succeeding the binary distribution OpenSolaris, the development of which was discontinued by Oracle. OpenIndiana provides users with a working environment built on a fresh slice of the Illumos project codebase. The development of OpenSolaris technologies continues through the Illumos project, which is advancing the kernel, network stack, file systems, drivers, and the basic set of user system utilities […]
The release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.6 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) has been formed, based on the Debian package base and designed to ensure anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are by default blocked by a packet filter. For storing user data in save mode between sessions, […]
Firefox 76 is available. Password Manager: It now warns you if your saved login and password for a site were compromised in a leak associated with that site, as well as if the saved password was found in a leak from another site (which is why it's advisable to use unique passwords). The leak check does not expose the user's logins and passwords to the remote server: the login and […]
The release of the Firefox 76 web browser and the mobile version Firefox 68.8 for the Android platform has taken place. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch 68.8.0 has been created. Soon, the Firefox 77 branch will enter beta testing, with a release scheduled for June 2. Key innovations: The capabilities of the built-in Lockwise extension have been expanded, offering the 'about:logins' interface for […]
A Canonical employee, promoting Ubuntu on WSL and Hyper-V, posted a video of Microsoft Word and Excel running on Ubuntu 20.04 without using Wine or WSL. The launch of MS Word was characterized as follows: 'The program runs quite quickly on a system with an Intel Core i5 6300U processor with integrated graphics. This is not launched through Wine; it’s not a remote desktop […]
Mozilla has released the stable version of Firefox 76 for desktop operating systems Windows, macOS, and Linux. The new release comes with bug fixes, security patches, and new features, the most interesting of which are enhancements to the Firefox Lockwise password manager. The highlight of Firefox 76 is the new features added to the built-in Firefox Lockwise password manager (available at about:logins). Firstly, […]
The Python Software Foundation, which oversees the development of the reference implementation of the Python programming language, has announced plans to migrate the CPython bug tracking infrastructure from bugs.python.org to GitHub. The code repositories were transitioned to GitHub as the primary platform back in 2017. GitLab was also considered, but the decision in favor of GitHub was based on it being the more […]
In the past, the Edge browser tried to compete with Chrome, but after Microsoft's joining the Chromium community, Google's browser may receive additional enhancements, making it even more appealing to Windows users. Sources report that the next major update to Windows 10 will improve Chrome's integration with the notification center. Currently, the notification center in Windows 10 shows […]
The transition from silicon to wide-bandgap semiconductors (gallium nitride, silicon carbide, and others) significantly boosts operating frequencies and enhances the efficiency of solutions. Therefore, one of the promising application areas for wide-bandgap chips and transistors is communications and radar. Electronics based on GaN solutions provide power increases and extended radar range, which have been quickly utilized […]
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has proposed a set of patches for discussion among Linux kernel developers, introducing the Popcorn (Distributed Thread Execution) system for distributed thread execution. This system allows applications to run across multiple computers with seamless migration of threads between hosts. Using Popcorn, applications can start on one host and be moved to another without interrupting their operation. […]
The release of Elementary OS 5.1.4 has been announced, positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-respecting alternative to Windows and macOS. The project's main focus is on high-quality design aimed at creating a user-friendly system that consumes minimal resources and offers fast boot times. Users are provided with the Pantheon desktop environment. Bootable ISO images (1.48 GB) are available for download […]
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