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A new version of the system programming language Nim has been released. It features partial incompatibility with version 1.0, for instance, due to stricter type conversion. However, there is a flag for such cases —useVersion:1.0. The main innovation is a new garbage collector enabled by the —gc:arc option. The language's author, Andreas Rumpf, plans to write a detailed article on the benefits of ARC, but for now, he offers a look at his presentation […]
AMD has officially announced that as of March 31, it will cease support for StoreMI technology, which allows combining hard drives and solid state drives into a single logical volume. The company also promised to present a new version of the technology with improved features in the second quarter of this year. StoreMI technology was introduced alongside the Ryzen 2000 series processors (Pinnacle Ridge) and the corresponding chipsets […]
Researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Information Security (CISPA), Ohio State University, and New York University conducted a study on hidden functionality in applications for the Android platform. An analysis of 100,000 mobile applications from the Google Play catalog, 20,000 from an alternative catalog (Baidu), and 30,000 pre-installed applications from various smartphones highlighted across 1,000 firmware from SamMobile, revealed that 12,706 (8.5%) […]
The release of the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.43 has been published (version 2.4.42 was skipped), featuring 34 changes and addressing 3 vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-1927: a vulnerability in mod_rewrite that allows the server to be used for redirecting requests to other resources (open redirect). Some mod_rewrite settings may lead to redirecting users to another link encoded with a newline character inside the parameter used in existing […]
Mozilla developers have released new versions of the Firefox 74.0.1 and Firefox ESR 68.6.1 web browsers. Users are advised to update their browsers as the new versions fix two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by hackers. These vulnerabilities, CVE-2020-6819 and CVE-2020-6820, relate to how Firefox manages its memory space. They are known as use-after-free vulnerabilities […]
The topic of harvesting electricity from "the air"—from electromagnetic noise, vibrations, light, humidity, and much more—interests both civilian researchers and their counterparts in uniforms. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have contributed to this subject. They managed to extract electricity with a power output of several milliwatts from the magnetic fields of nearby electrical wiring, which is enough, for instance, […]
The beta release of Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal Fossa" has been announced, marking the complete freeze of the package base and the transition to final testing and bug fixing. This release, categorized as a long-term support (LTS) release, has updates planned over a 5-year period, with the final release scheduled for April 23. Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu […]
Google has announced the cancellation of the change regarding the implementation of stricter restrictions on the transmission of cookies between non-HTTPS sites. Starting in February, this change was gradually made known to Chrome 80 users. It is noted that although most sites had adapted to the specified limitation, due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, Google decided to postpone […]
Correction updates for Firefox 74.0.1 and 68.6.1 have been released, fixing two critical vulnerabilities that could lead to an attacker's code execution when processing specifically formatted content. It is warned that instances of these vulnerabilities being exploited for attacks have already been identified in the wild. These issues were caused by accessing already freed memory areas (use-after-free) when handling ReadableStream (CVE-2020-6820) and during execution […]
Oracle has introduced the first stable release of Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6 (UEK R6), an extended version of the Linux kernel aimed at being used in the Oracle Linux distribution as an alternative to the standard package featuring the kernel from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The kernel is available only for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. The source code of the kernel, including a breakdown into separate patches, has been published publicly […]
The release of the XCP-NG 8.1 project has been published, developing a free and open-source alternative to the proprietary Citrix Hypervisor platform (formerly known as XenServer) for deploying and managing cloud infrastructure. XCP-NG recreates the functionality that Citrix removed from the free version of Citrix Hypervisor/Xen Server starting from version 7.3. It supports upgrading from Citrix Hypervisor to XCP-ng, ensuring full compatibility with Xen Orchestra and the ability to […]
After 8 months of development, the LineageOS 17.1 branch (a distribution based on Android 10) becomes the main one. This means that starting from April 1, 2020, 17.1 builds will be created daily, while version 16.0 will shift to a weekly schedule. Version 17.0, based on the August release of Android 10, has been updated to version 17.1 following the emergence of the Android 10 codebase for Google […]
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