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Valve has released Proton 5.0-5, a package for running Windows games on Linux.

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Valve has released version Proton 5.0-5, based on the developments of the Wine project and aimed at enabling the launch of gaming applications created for Windows on Linux, available in the Steam catalog. The project developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows Steam game applications provided only for Windows to run directly in the Linux client. The package includes an implementation of DirectX […]

Mozilla Firefox will lose support for the FTP protocol.

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Developers at Mozilla have announced their intention to remove support for the FTP protocol from their Firefox browser. This means that in the future, users of this popular web browser will not be able to upload files or view the content of any resources via the FTP protocol. 'We are doing this for security reasons. FTP is an insecure protocol, and there is no reason to make it more preferable for uploads […]

Android 11 may introduce new gesture control features.

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When Google released the first developer preview of Android 11 last month, researchers discovered a set of new gesture controls codenamed Columbus. It was found that double-tapping the back of the device can trigger Google Assistant, open the camera, and more. With the release of Android 11 Developer Preview 2, the list of available […]

Mozilla restores support for TLS 1.0/1.1 in Firefox.

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Mozilla has decided to temporarily restore support for TLS 1.0/1.1 protocols, which were disabled by default in Firefox 74. Support for TLS 1.0/1.1 will be reinstated without releasing a new version of Firefox, through an experimentation system for testing new features. The reason given is that due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, people are forced to work from home and cannot […]

Audio Effects LSP Plugins 1.1.14 Released

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A new version of the LV2 effects package LSP Plugins has been released, designed for sound processing during mixing and mastering of audio recordings. The most significant changes include: The collection of plugins has been expanded with multiband expanders (LSP Multiband Expander plugin series). The DSP code has been significantly optimized for the use of SSE/AVX (i386, x86_64), NEON (ARM-32), and ASIMD (AArch64) instructions. The user interface now integrates support for localization in various languages with the possibility of […]

The Purism Librem Mini nettop is built on a Linux platform.

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The Purism project team announced the Librem Mini, a compact desktop computer that uses Intel's hardware platform and an operating system based on the Linux kernel. The device is encased in a housing that measures just 128 × 128 × 38 mm. It is equipped with an Intel Core i7-8565U Whiskey Lake processor, featuring four compute cores capable of processing up to eight instruction threads. The nominal clock frequency is 1.8 GHz, with a maximum […]

The proposed Google software protection against LVI attacks showed a 14-fold decrease in performance.

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Zola Bridges from Google proposed a patch with an implementation of SESES (Speculative Execution Side Effect Suppression) protection for the LLVM compiler set, which helps block attacks on the speculative execution mechanism in Intel CPUs, similar to LVI. The protection method is implemented at the compiler level and is based on adding LFENCE instructions, which are inserted before each read instruction by the compiler during machine code generation […]

The main IT security measures for working from home have been named

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Due to the widespread coronavirus epidemic, many organizations are transitioning employees to remote work from home and limiting office activities. In this regard, NordVPN cybersecurity expert Daniel Markuson provided tips for securing remote workspaces. According to Daniel, the top priority when working from home is ensuring the security of corporate data. To this end, the expert advises […]

Itch.io is giving away several dozen indie games for free.

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The Itch.io platform has launched the pages "Games to Help You Stay Home" and "Budget Self-Isolation." Here, the portal is giving away several dozen indie projects. Anyone registered on the site can receive them. This promotion is linked to the quarantine announced in many countries around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At this time, it is unclear how long the giveaway will last, as representatives from Itch.io […]

Pages "Games will help you stay at home" have appeared on Itch.io and

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At the beginning of this year, Microsoft released the final version of the Edge browser on the Chromium platform. However, both before and after that, the corporation was involved in development, actively adding new features and modifying existing ones. In particular, this concerns interface elements — buttons, switches, menus, and more. Last year, Microsoft introduced new controls in Chromium to […]

Apple has started selling the Mac Pro Afterburner Card as a standalone device.

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In addition to products like the new iPad Pro and MacBook Air, Apple today began selling the MacPro Afterburner Card as a standalone device. Previously, it was available only as an option when ordering the professional workstation Mac Pro, which could be added for $2000. Now, the device can be purchased separately for the same price, allowing any Mac owner […]

Release of DXVK 1.6, implementing Direct3D 9/10/11 over the Vulkan API

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The release of the DXVK 1.6 layer has been formed, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure), Direct3D 9, 10, and 11, working through call translation to the Vulkan API. To use DXVK, drivers supporting API Vulkan 1.1 are required, such as AMD RADV 18.3, NVIDIA 415.22, Intel ANV 19.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games in […]

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