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Echtra Games and Perfect World Entertainment have released a new trailer for Torchlight III. In it, viewers are introduced to another character class — the Sharpshooter. The developers also shared key features of this character. In battles, the hero uses ranged skills, precise shots, and various magical devices. The Sharpshooter is equipped not only with a musket but also with a bow, and […]
Oracle has released the third functional update for the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R5, positioned for use in the Oracle Linux distribution as an alternative to the standard kernel package from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The kernel is available for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. The kernel source code, including the breakdown into individual patches, has been published in a public Git repository by Oracle. The Unbreakable Enterprise package […]
The release of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler has been announced. Changes include: New language extensions UnliftedNewtypes, StandaloneKindSignatures, and ImportQualifiedPost. Improvements in code generation, including more aggressive code specialization, a new loop analyzer, optimizations for array handling, and pointer tagging for large data types. A new interpreter command :instances, which shows the available instances of classes for a given type. Enhancements in the embedded code profiler.…
The antivirus solutions developer 'Doctor Web' reports the detection of a dangerous backdoor being spread by cybercriminals disguised as an update for the popular browser Google Chrome. It is reported that more than 2,000 individuals have already fallen victim to the cybercriminals, and this number continues to grow. According to the 'Doctor Web' virus laboratory, the attackers have used resources based on the CMS WordPress to maximize audience reach — from […]
Developers interested in continuing the development of the JavaScript library CoreJS are considering creating a fork. The intention is related to concerns that the project has been left without support after the author, the key developer and the sole maintainer, was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal settlement (he caused the death of a pedestrian at a crosswalk — one of the pedestrians was drunk and fell, while the other bent down to help him up, which […]
The release of Snoop 1.1.6_rus has been announced, which enhances the OSINT forensic tool that searches for user accounts in public data. The program analyzes various websites, forums, and social networks for the presence of the desired username, i.e., it allows you to determine on which sites a user with the specified nickname can be found. This release is notable for expanding the database of checked resources to 666 sites, many of which are Russian-speaking. Builds […]
The release of the web browser Pale Moon 28.9 has been announced, a fork from the Firefox codebase to ensure higher performance, preserve the classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to the classic organization of the interface, without […]
A data caching system update for Memcached 1.6.2 has been released, which fixes a vulnerability that could allow the process to crash through the submission of a specially crafted request. The vulnerability appears starting from release 1.6.0. As a workaround for protection, the binary protocol for external requests can be disabled by running with the option "-B ascii". The issue is caused by an error in the header parsing code […]
Debian developers have launched a communication platform for project participants and supporters. The aim is to simplify communication and content exchange among developers of the distribution. Debian is an operating system made up of free and open-source software. Currently, Debian GNU/Linux is one of the most popular and significant distributions of GNU/Linux, having had a major influence on the development of this […]
Apple has made its App Store available to users in 20 more countries, bringing the total number of states where the App Store operates to 155. The new entries include: Afghanistan, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, Georgia, the Maldives, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Rwanda, Tonga, Zambia, and Vanuatu. Apple has introduced its signature […]
A new version of the Tor Browser 9.0.7, focused on ensuring anonymity, security, and privacy, is now available. The browser is designed to maintain anonymity, security, and privacy, with all traffic routed solely through the Tor network. It is impossible to connect directly through the system's current network connection, making it untraceable to the user's real IP address (in the event of a browser hack, attackers can gain access to system […]
In the nightly builds of Firefox, on which the release of Firefox 76 will be based on May 5, an optional 'HTTPS Only' mode has been added. When this mode is enabled, all non-encrypted requests will be automatically redirected to their secure versions (changing 'http://' to 'https://'). To enable the mode, a setting 'dom.security.https_only_mode' has been added to about:config. The change will be applied at the level of downloaded […]