Category: Internet News

New releases of Node.js 13.8, 12.15, and 10.19 with vulnerability fixes.

Developers of the Node.js server-side JavaScript platform have released patch versions 13.8.0, 12.15.0, and 10.19.0, which fix three vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-15606 — improper handling of optional whitespace characters (OWS) following the value in an HTTP header; CVE-2019-15605 — the possibility of an HRS (HTTP Request Smuggling) attack, allowing insertion into the content of other requests processed in the same stream between frontend and backend) through transmission […]

X-Client-Data Header as a Method for Identifying Chrome Users

When discussing Google's initiative to unify the HTTP User-Agent header content, a developer from Kiwi Browser pointed out the persisting HTTP header 'X-Client-Data' in Chrome, which potentially violates the existing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union. During the discussion, Google's duality of action was also criticized, as the company promotes methods for blocking hidden identification and tracking actions […]

GCC 9 Has Been Ported to OS/2

Bitwise Works has completed the port of the GCC 9.2 compiler suite for the OS/2 operating system and its derivative platforms, ArcaOS and eComStation. Previously, GCC 4.9.2 was offered for ArcaOS, while GCC 8.3.0 was available in the ports for OS/2. It is noted that the ability to use GCC 9 will allow the community to adapt more applications and libraries for use on OS/2, including […]

Embedded World 2020. The Russians are coming

In anticipation of the upcoming Embedded World 2020 exhibition, I decided to take a look at the list of companies from Russia. After filtering the participant list by country of origin, I was pleasantly surprised. The official exhibition website turned out 27 companies!!! For comparison, there are 22 companies from Italy, 34 from France, and 10 from India. What could this mean, where are all these domestic hardware producers […]

I want to get married

In the nineteenth episode of our podcast "To Infinity and Beyond," titled "I Want to Get Married!" we discuss how to study properly, starting at the 16th minute, and the phrase "I don't want to study, I want to get married" serves as an apt slogan for this episode. We also talk about the humanitarian mindset and discuss issues related to group dynamics.

Release of Electron 8.0.0, a platform for building applications based on the Chromium engine.

The release of the Electron 8.0.0 platform has been prepared, which provides a self-contained framework for developing cross-platform user applications using components from Chromium, V8, and Node.js as its foundation. The significant version number change is associated with the update to the Chromium 80 codebase, Node.js 12.13 platform, and V8 8.0 JavaScript engine. Among the changes in the Electron-specific API: the ability to check spelling in forms has been added.

Firefox Preview mobile browser adds support for extensions.

Mozilla developers have added support for extensions in the codebase of the mobile browser Firefox Preview (Fenix), which is being developed to replace the Firefox edition for the Android platform. The new browser is based on the GeckoView engine and the set of Mozilla Android Components libraries. The ability to connect extensions based on the WebExtension API is available for testing in nightly builds of Firefox Preview. An 'Add-ons Manager' option has been added to the menu.

Release of the photo editing software RawTherapee 5.8.

The release of RawTherapee 5.8 has been introduced, providing tools for editing photos and converting images in RAW format. The software supports a wide range of RAW file formats, including those from cameras with Foveon and X-Trans sensors, and can also handle the Adobe DNG standard as well as JPEG, PNG, and TIFF formats (up to 32 bits per channel). The project code is written in...

The book "Universe. A Journey Through Time and Space"

The "Universe: A Journey Through Time and Space" is written by professional astronomer Sergey Yazev, the director of the Astronomical Observatory of Irkutsk State University. "Oh, if only we wrote about what is truly known, think about it, sober minds, how uninteresting reading would be!" It is a tale of our steps on the path of understanding the Universe — from boiling and turbulent matter to intelligent beings; […]

Release of the GNU screen 4.8.0 console window manager

The release of the full-screen console window manager (terminal multiplexer) GNU screen 4.8.0 is now available, allowing a single physical terminal to work with multiple applications, each being assigned separate virtual terminals that remain active between different user sessions. Among the changes: Fixed a memory corruption issue that under certain conditions could lead to overwriting 768 bytes beyond the buffer. The overflow occurs while processing […]

Announcement of the plan to end support for CoreOS Container Linux

The end-of-life date for the CoreOS Container Linux distribution has been set, which has been replaced by the Fedora CoreOS project (after acquiring the CoreOS project, Red Hat merged Fedora Atomic Host and CoreOS Container Linux into a single product). The last update for CoreOS Container Linux is scheduled for May 26, after which the project lifecycle will conclude. CoreOS related […]

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